The Emergence Machine

Copper Metal

physical · Level 4 · E3

E3Chemistry

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Emergence definition

Copper is a natural material found in the earth because it is an elemental metal, which requires a specific genre, material, and element, and is a type of matter that occupies space and has energy.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Copper Metal” 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.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0Copper MetalMaterialMetalFormSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCopper MetalL4MatterL1MaterialL3MetalL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Copper is a natural material found in the earth
  • Material L3 (requires)
    Understanding material helps understand the metallic concept of copper-metal
  • Metal L3 (requires)
    Copper is an elemental metal