The Emergence Machine

Distance

abstract · Mathematics · Level 4 · E0

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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

Distance emerges from the quantification of the separation between two points in space, built upon the measurement of space and the assignment of units as standards for comparison.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
distantia
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0DistanceMeasureUnitQuantityStandardPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBeyondL5DeepL5FarL5LongL5NearL5DistanceL4SpaceL0MeasureL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Space L0 (requires)
    Space is a crucial concept for understanding distance.
  • Measure L3 (requires)
    Distance is a measured quantity that expresses the separation between two points in space.

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