The Emergence Machine

Shape

abstract · Mathematics · Level 3 · E0

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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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Shape is the specific form that matter takes, as particles interact and transform in space, influenced by the underlying structure and its patterns of transformation.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
shape
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0ShapeFormStructureMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBend ActionL4EdgeL4GeometryL4HollowL4Roll VerbL4ShapeL3FormL2StructureL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Form is a related concept to understand the concept of shape.
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    Foundational concept required

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