The Emergence Machine

Hair

physical · anatomy · Level 7 · E6

E6Organisms

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 filamentous growth on the body of an animal because it emerges from the body, which requires the presence of an organism, organ, and structure.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “hair”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0HairBodyAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCombL8BrushL10EyebrowL10EyelashL17HairL7BodyL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • hair English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Body L6 (requires)
    Hair grows from the body

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