The Emergence Machine

Hit

process · action · Level 3 · E6

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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

When force is applied through movement, resulting in a localized and directed transfer of energy that causes a change in the position or orientation of an object, thereby striking it.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
hit
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0HitForceMovementActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesHitL3ForceL2MovementL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • hit English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Force L2 (requires)
    Hitting involves applying force
  • Movement L2 (requires) physics sense
    Hitting requires movement toward the target