The Emergence Machine

Force

physical · Physics · Level 2 · 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

Force is a push or pull that involves the interaction of energy with the particles that make up matter.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
force
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0ForceActionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAccelerationL3Acoustic Landmar…L3AerosolscienceL3Alaska GyreL3Algebraic Quantu…L3ForceL2ActionL1MatterL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Force involves action applied to objects
  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Remediation: correct chain to L0

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