The Emergence Machine

Colleague

relation · Level 7 · E11

E11Organizations

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

As a form of work that emerges from motion and force, a colleague is a person who participates in a group, sharing a professional relationship within a social organization, leveraging the concept of group and society.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Colleague” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0ColleagueGroupGoalObjectiveOrganismCausalityCellWorkForceFormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesColleagueL7WorkL3GroupL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Work L3 (requires) polysemous
    A colleague is a person who works in the same organization or profession
  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    Colleagues share a professional relationship within a social group