The Emergence Machine

Corduroy

physical · Materials · 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

Corduroy is a fabric with a textured surface, created by the organized arrangement of fibers in a repeating pattern or texture, which emerges from the interaction of energy and matter.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
corduroy
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0CorduroyFabricClothFiberTextureMaterialSurfaceFormObjectProcessStructureActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCorduroyL7TextureL4FabricL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Texture L4 (requires) polysemous
    Corduroy has a textured surface.
  • Fabric L6 (requires)
    Corduroy is a ribbed cotton fabric with a characteristic pile surface that creates raised parallel cords running across the width.