The Emergence Machine

Road

physical · transportation · Level 4 · E11

E11Organizations

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

A road is a prepared surface on land that enables movement, built on solid ground that occupies space and has physical properties.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
rad
Origin language
eng

Old English - a wide way leading from one place to another

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0RoadSurfaceFormLandObjectExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesHighwayL5IntersectionL5RunwayL5TramL5TunnelL5RoadL4LandL2SurfaceL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Land L2 (requires)
    A road is built on land to enable movement
  • Surface L3 (requires)
    A road is a prepared surface on land for travel

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