The Emergence Machine

Shawl

physical · Culture · Level 9 · E9

E9Cultures

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 garment consisting of a long piece of fabric worn over the shoulders for warmth or fashion, by combining the properties of shoulder as the joint connecting the arm to the torso, pattern as a repeated or regular arrangement of elements, garment as a wearable item created from a material, and fabric as a woven or knit material composed of fibers.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “shawl” 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
shawl
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0ShawlGarmentShoulderArmClothingPersonBodyFabric… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesShawlL9PatternL0FabricL6GarmentL8ShoulderL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Pattern L0 (requires)
    shawl requires understanding pattern as a foundational concept
  • Fabric L6 (requires)
    A garment consisting of a long piece of fabric worn over the shoulders for warmth or fashion.
  • Garment L8 (requires)
    A garment consisting of a long piece of fabric worn over the shoulders for warmth or fashion.
  • Shoulder L8 (requires)
    A garment consisting of a long piece of fabric worn over the shoulders for warmth or fashion.