The Emergence Machine

Pencil

physical · Visual Arts · Level 9 · E9

E9Cultures

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

pencil emerges from line. It requires space.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
pencil
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L4L2L1L0PencilWritingLanguageCommunicationOrganismTool… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPencilL9ToolL4WritingL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Tool L4 (requires)
    A pencil is a writing tool
  • Writing L8 (requires)
    A pencil is used for writing and drawing