The Emergence Machine

Dry Adj

property · Quality · Level 4 · E0

E0Spacetime

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

The concept of being dry emerges from the intersection of a surface and the absence of water, where a surface is an object or space, and water is a form of matter.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “dry”. 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.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0Dry AdjSurfaceWaterFormObjectSubstanceExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesDry AdjL4SurfaceL3WaterL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • dry English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Surface L3 (requires)
    Free from moisture -- prerequisite: surface
  • Water L3 (requires) polysemous
    Free from moisture -- prerequisite: water