The Emergence Machine

Fall

process · physics · 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

When gravity's pull on an object causes it to move downward, resulting in a rapid and uncontrolled change in its position or orientation over time, this is the fall.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
fall
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0FallGravityForceMassMovementActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesFallL4MovementL2GravityL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • fall English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Movement L2 (requires) physics sense
    Falling is downward movement
  • Gravity L3 (requires)
    Falling is caused by gravity