The Emergence Machine

Silk Fabric

physical · Level 6 · E9

E9Cultures

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Emergence definition

Silk is a fine cloth material produced by an animal, where the animal's ability to produce silk is a result of its biological processes and the material properties of the silk are a result of its molecular structure.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Silk FabricAnimalClothFiberOrganismCellMaterialFormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSilk FabricL6AnimalL5ClothL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Animal L5 (requires) polysemous
    Silk is produced by an animal (silkworm)
  • Cloth L5 (requires)
    Silk is a fine cloth material