The Emergence Machine

Crutch

physical · General · Level 10 · E9

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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

A crutch is a device used to support people with leg injuries, often as a result of their reliance on walking aids.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “crutch”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0CrutchCane WalkingWalkLegPersonWood… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCrutchL10PersonL7Cane WalkingL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Person L7 (requires)
    To understand a support device for people with leg injuries, we need to know what a person is and how they are affected by such injuries.
  • Cane Walking L9 (requires)
    Support device for people with leg injuries -- prerequisite: cane-walking