The Emergence Machine

Soap

physical · Materials · Level 3 · E3

E3Chemistry

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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Soap is a substance that emerges from the combination of matter and a chemical reaction, resulting in a cleansing agent that can remove dirt and impurities.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “soap”. 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.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0SoapReactionSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesWashL4SoapL3ReactionL2SubstanceL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • soap English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Reaction L2 (requires)
    Soap is produced by a chemical reaction
  • Substance L2 (requires)
    Soap is a cleansing substance

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