The Emergence Machine

Jeans

physical · Culture · Level 8 · E3

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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

A sturdy cotton twill pant, typically with a button fly and metal rivets, originally workwear, that is worn by a person, relying on the arrangement of matter in space to provide comfort and protection.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
jeans
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L3L2L1L0JeansClothingPersonBodyAnimalCottonButtonCellMaterialMetal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesJeansL8ButtonL3MetalL3CottonL5ClothingL7PersonL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Button L3 (requires)
    A sturdy cotton twill pant, typically with a button fly and metal rivets, originally workwear.
  • Metal L3 (requires)
    A sturdy cotton twill pant, typically with a button fly and metal rivets, originally workwear.
  • Cotton L5 (requires)
    A sturdy cotton twill pant, typically with a button fly and metal rivets, originally workwear.
  • Clothing L7 (requires)
    Clothing item prerequisite
  • Person L7 (requires)
    Clothing emerges from the person, and without understanding the person, the concept of jeans remains incomplete.