The Emergence Machine

Dress

physical · material-culture · Level 8 · E9

E9Cultures

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

dress emerges from person. It requires clothing, pattern.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “dress”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0DressClothingPersonBodyAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGownL9PetticoatL9SaladL9CheongsamL11Dress RehearsalL11DressL8ClothingL7PersonL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Clothing L7 (requires)
    Clothing item prerequisite
  • Person L7 (foundational)
    Person provides the foundational basis for understanding dress.

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