The Emergence Machine

Sink

physical · furniture · Level 5 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

A sink is a basin with a water supply and drain that enables the application of water to a surface, leveraging the essential properties of water to facilitate the wash process, which combines water with form and soap to create a textured or layered effect.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
sink
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0SinkWashSoapWaterFormReactionSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSinkL5WashL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • sink English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Wash L4 (requires)
    Sinks are used for washing