The Emergence Machine

Sled

physical · Transportation · Level 8 · E11

E11Organizations

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 sled is a vehicle that uses motion by sliding over surfaces, which requires runners that can interact with surfaces like ice or wood.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0SledWoodPlantAnimalIce… intermediate l…VehicleForceFormLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSledL8VehicleL2IceL5WoodL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • sled English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Vehicle L2 (requires)
    A sled is a vehicle that slides over surfaces
  • Ice L5 (requires)
    Vehicle on runners for traveling over snow -- prerequisite: ice
  • Wood L7 (requires) polysemous
    Vehicle on runners for traveling over snow -- prerequisite: wood