The Emergence Machine

Cutting

process · Engineering · Level 4 · E3

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Emergence definition

The process of removing material from a workpiece using a cutting tool, resulting in the reduction of the workpiece to desired dimensions through the creation of chips, driven by the transformation of the material from one state to another.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
cutting
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0CuttingMaterialResultConsequenceFormOutcomeSubstanceChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesStabL5SlicingL7BrunoiseL10KnifeL11ChiffonadeL13CuttingL4MaterialL3ResultL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Material L3 (requires)
    cutting involves removing material
  • Result L3 (requires)
    Cutting: The process of removing material from a workpiece using a cutting tool, resulting in the reduction of the workpiece to desired dimensions through the creation of chips.

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