The Emergence Machine

Oscillator

physical · Technology · Level 13 · E10

E10Institutions

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

An electronic circuit that generates repeating signals.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “oscillator” 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.

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Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Software L3 (requires)
    oscillator builds on the concept of software
  • Circuit L12 (requires)
    An oscillator is an electronic circuit that generates repeating waveforms.