The Emergence Machine

Patent

abstract · Law · Level 12 · E11

E11Organizations

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

patent emerges from intellectual-property. It requires time.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
patens
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

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Neighborhood

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