The Emergence Machine

Mass

property · Physics · Level 2 · E0

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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

Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter in an object, influencing its resistance to changes in motion and its gravitational pull.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
mass
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0MassMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesDensityL3GravityL3HeavyL3InertiaL3Mass TransitL3MassL2MatterL1QuantityL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Mass is a quantitative measure of the amount of matter, determining an object's inertia and gravitational effects.
  • Quantity L1 (requires)
    Mass is the quantitative measure of how much matter is present in an object or system.

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