The Emergence Machine

Impact

abstract · causality · Level 4 · E1

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Emergence definition

Impact is a forceful or significant alteration in a pattern or system, resulting in a change of state or trajectory, driven by energy and occurring over a sequence of events.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
impact
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0ImpactResultConsequenceOutcomeChangeExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesFundamental Attr…L11HeroL11LegacyL11ImpactL4ResultL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Result L3 (requires)
    A forceful or significant alteration in a pattern or system, resulting in a change of state or trajectory.

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