The Emergence Machine

Leather Material

physical · Level 8 · E9

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Emergence definition

Leather is a durable material made from animal products, often used for clothing and goods.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L3L2L1L0Leather MaterialSkinBodyTissueAnimalCellMaterial… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesLeather MaterialL8MaterialL3AnimalL5SkinL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Material L3 (requires)
    Leather is a durable material for clothing and goods
  • Animal L5 (requires) polysemous
    Leather is a material made from animal skin
  • Skin L7 (requires)
    To understand leather as a material, we need to understand the process of tanning and treating animal skin.