The Emergence Machine

Shovel

physical · tools · Level 6 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

The shovel emerges as a tool that applies force to the earth, leveraging the physical properties of matter and space to facilitate the process of dig, which is the breaking up and removal of earth, thereby allowing for the creation of a new spatial arrangement of earth and other materials.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
shovel
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0ShovelDigToolEarthMaterialForceFormProcessSubstanceActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesShovelL6DigL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Dig L5 (requires)
    A shovel is primarily used for digging