The Emergence Machine

Prison

physical · Law · Level 7 · E10

E10Institutions

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Emergence definition

A prison emerges as an institution of the legal system, requiring a society with established rules to function.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0PrisonLawGovernmentPoliticsInstitutionStateForceFormLandStructureActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesDungeonL8PrisonL7InstitutionL3LawL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Institution L3 (requires) polysemous
    Prison is an institution, so institution is a prerequisite.
  • Law L6 (requires) Law sense
    A prison is an institution of the legal system

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