The Emergence Machine

Point Sport

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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

Point-sport is a sport or athletic activity that involves the dynamic interaction between space, time, and energy, as individuals or groups strive to achieve goals through athletic skill, involving comparison of performance and energy expenditure beyond resting metabolism.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
point
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0Point SportSportCompetition Abst…BehaviorGoal… intermediate l…FormLifePhysical ActivityStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPoint SportL8ActionL1SportL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the sport of point-sport
  • Sport L7 (requires)
    point-sport is a sport or athletic activity.