The Emergence Machine

Crawl

process · Action · Level 9 · E6

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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

Crawling is a form of movement using the body's limbs in a coordinated ground-level locomotion.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “crawl” 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.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0CrawlHandWalkArmLegBody… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCrawlL9MotionL1BodyL6HandL8WalkL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    Crawling is moving forward on hands and knees close to the ground
  • Body L6 (requires)
    Crawling uses the body's limbs in a coordinated ground-level locomotion
  • Hand L8 (requires)
    Move on hands and knees close to the ground -- prerequisite: hand
  • Walk L8 (requires)
    Move on hands and knees close to the ground -- prerequisite: walk