The Emergence Machine

Plough

physical · agriculture · Level 5 · E11

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Emergence definition

When a tool, shaped by human culture and requiring the application of force to follow a pattern, is used to manipulate the material that covers the Earth's surface, resulting from geological processes that shape the land over time, it becomes a plough.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
plough
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0PloughToolMaterialSoilForceFormLandSubstanceActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPloughL5SoilL3ToolL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Soil L3 (requires)
    Ploughs work the soil
  • Tool L4 (requires)
    A plough is a farming tool