The Emergence Machine

Quarry

physical · Level 4 · E9

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Emergence definition

Quarrying is organized work to extract stone because it involves the application of work to extract stone from the earth.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0QuarryStoneWorkEnvironmentForceActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesQuarryL4StoneL3WorkL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Stone L3 (requires) polysemous
    A quarry extracts stone from the earth
  • Work L3 (requires) polysemous
    Quarrying is organized work to extract stone