The Emergence Machine

Factory Building

physical · Level 4 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

A factory building is a structure where organized work, fueled by motion and force, is channeled to produce goods.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “Factory Building”. 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.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0Factory BuildingBuildingWorkForceFormStructureActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesFactory BuildingL4BuildingL3WorkL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Building L3 (requires)
    A factory is a building where work produces goods
  • Work L3 (requires) polysemous
    Factories organize work to produce materials