The Emergence Machine

Petticoat

physical · Culture · 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

A lightweight skirt worn under a garment to add fullness and provide modesty, typically worn under a type of clothing known as a dress.

Compare Petticoat with…

Wiktionary senses

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

Loading senses…

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

Historical origin

Origin word
petticoat
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0PetticoatCultureDressSkirtSocietyClothingCommunityLanguagePersonBodyCommunicationCooperationGroup… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPetticoatL9DressL8SkirtL8CultureL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Dress L8 (requires)
    A lightweight skirt worn under a dress to add fullness and provide modesty.
  • Skirt L8 (requires)
    A lightweight skirt worn under a dress to add fullness and provide modesty.
  • Culture L9 (requires) mutual
    Understanding petticoat requires prior knowledge of culture, which provides essential context for grasping this concept.