The Emergence Machine

Material

abstract · Technology · Level 3 · E3

E3Chemistry

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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Material has a specific physical form that arises from the combination of substance and being.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “material”. 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.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0MaterialFormSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesDartL3DiamagneticL3EmissivityL3FerroelectricL3FluorescenceL3MaterialL3FormL2SubstanceL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Material has a specific physical form
  • Substance L2 (requires)
    Remediation: correct chain to L0

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