The Emergence Machine

Ferry

physical · transportation · Level 7 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

A specialized ship designed to carry people and vehicles across bodies of water.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
ferian
Origin language
eng

A boat transporting passengers and vehicles across water

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0FerryGroupGoalObjectiveOrganismShipCausalityCellWaterTransportationVehicleFormLifeActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesFerryL7TransportationL2VehicleL2ShipL4GroupL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Transportation L2 (requires)
    Boat for transporting passengers across water -- prerequisite: transportation
  • Vehicle L2 (requires)
    A ferry is a vehicle that carries people across water
  • Ship L4 (requires)
    Ferries are specialized ships designed for passenger and vehicle transport.
  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    A ferry transports groups of people across water