The Emergence Machine

Machine

physical · Technology · Level 5 · E9

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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 machine is a device composed of tools that transforms energy into work by leveraging the structured coded information that emerges from the transformations of state or condition, which is a manifestation of meaningful patterns that can be communicated, and utilizes the organized arrangement of matter to achieve its purpose.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “machine”. 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.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0MachineToolMaterialSoftwareForceFormInformationStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCamshaftL6ComputerL6CrankshaftL6FlywheelL6GeneratorL6MachineL5SoftwareL3ToolL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Software L3 (requires)
    machine builds on the concept of software
  • Tool L4 (requires)
    A machine is a device composed of tools that transforms energy into work.

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