The Emergence Machine

Soft

property · Physical · Level 4 · 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.

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Emergence definition

Material deformation is facilitated when a material's internal structure is easily rearranged under minimal external force.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “soft”. 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.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0SoftMaterialFormSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesPillowL8SoftL4MaterialL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • soft English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Material L3 (requires)
    Softness is ease of deformation of a material

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