The Emergence Machine

Plumbing

abstract · architecture · Level 4 · 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

Plumbing is an architectural concept involving the design, construction, or spatial planning of buildings to manage water and gas systems.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
plumbing
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0PlumbingBuildingConstructionFormStructureMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesToiletL5PlumbingL4BuildingL3ConstructionL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Building L3 (requires)
    An architectural concept relating to plumbing, involving building design, construction, or spatial planning.
  • Construction L3 (requires)
    construction is a prerequisite for understanding plumbing

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