The Emergence Machine

Gesture

process · Communication · Level 8 · E9

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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

gesture emerges from person. It requires communication, behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
gesture
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0GesturePersonBodyCommunicationAnimalBehavior… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGesture ActL9Wave GestureL9MimeL12GestureL8InformationL2CommunicationL6PersonL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Information L2 (requires)
    Understanding information is essential for understanding gesture
  • Communication L6 (requires)
    Gesture requires understanding of communication as a foundational concept.
  • Person L7 (foundational)
    Person provides the foundational basis for understanding gesture.

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