The Emergence Machine

Repair

process · action · Level 7 · E9

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Emergence definition

The process of repair emerges when a tool is applied to an injury, leveraging the tool's ability to apply force and follow a pattern to restore the damaged body tissues to a good condition, thereby reversing the sequence of changes driven by energy that led to the injury.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
repair
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0RepairInjuryDiseaseOrganismToolCellMaterialForceFormLifeProcessActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesRepairL7ToolL4InjuryL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Tool L4 (requires)
    Repairing often requires tools
  • Injury L6 (requires)
    Repairing fixes what is broken or injured