The Emergence Machine

Gravity

abstract · Physics · Level 3 · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A universal attractive force that arises from the interaction between masses, causing them to attract each other with a strength proportional to their mass and the distance between them, which is a manifestation of the push or pull between objects with mass and their resistance to changes in motion.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
gravity
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0GravityForceMassActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBlack HoleL4Dark MatterL4DripL4FallL4Gravitational WaveL4GravityL3MotionL1ForceL2MassL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    gravity requires understanding motion as a foundational concept
  • Force L2 (requires)
    Gravity is the force that attracts objects toward the earth
  • Mass L2 (requires)
    Gravity is the attractive force between objects with mass.

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