The Emergence Machine

Runway

physical · transportation · Level 5 · E9

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Emergence definition

A prepared surface on land that enables movement, built on solid ground that occupies space and has physical properties, following a repeated or regular arrangement of elements that can be detected and interpreted by an organism.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “runway” 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
run-way
Origin language
eng

A strip of hard ground for aircraft takeoff and landing

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0RunwayRoadSurfaceFormLandObjectExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesFashion ModelL8RunwayL5PatternL0RoadL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Pattern L0 (requires)
    Runways follow precise patterned designs for aircraft takeoff and landing.
  • Road L4 (requires)
    Paved strip for aircraft takeoff and landing -- prerequisite: road

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