The Emergence Machine

Sound

physical · Physics · Level 6 · E1

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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

Sound is a phenomenon that involves the propagation of energy through a medium, but without the concept of wave, it is incomplete.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
sound
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0SoundPerceptionOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBangL7Beat MusicL7BellL7BuzzL7ChirpL7SoundL6WaveL1PerceptionL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Wave L1 (requires)
    Remediation: bridge fix
  • Perception L5 (requires)
    Sound requires the concept of perception to be understood

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