The Emergence Machine

Fabric

physical · Materials · Level 6 · E3

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Emergence definition

Fabric is a woven or knit material composed of fibers, typically arranged in a repeating pattern or texture, used to create a flexible, pliable, and often decorative surface, which emerges from the organized arrangement of cloth.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “fabric”. 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.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0FabricClothFiberMaterialFormStructureSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBrocadeL7CalicoL7CanvasL7ChambrayL7ChenilleL7FabricL6ClothL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cloth L5 (requires)
    Fabric requires cloth

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