The Emergence Machine

Stairs

physical · Household · Level 5 · E0

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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

Stairs are a structure composed of a series of steps between floors, which requires understanding of form, structure, and floor.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0StairsFloorSurfaceFormObjectStructureExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesStairsL5StructureL2FloorL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Structure L2 (requires) polysemous
    Series of steps between floors -- understanding structure is a prerequisite
  • Floor L4 (requires) polysemous
    Series of steps between floors -- understanding floor is a prerequisite