The Emergence Machine

Floor

physical · Architecture · Level 4 · E3

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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

A floor is a horizontal or sloping surface that forms the lower boundary of a room or building, typically resting on the ground or a foundation, where the outer boundary or form of an object in space, governed by physical laws and properties, interacts with the ground or foundation.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “floor”. 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.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0FloorSurfaceFormObjectExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCellarL5Hydrothermal VentL5PorchL5StairsL5RugL6FloorL4SurfaceL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Surface L3 (requires)
    Understanding surface is essential for grasping floor

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