The Emergence Machine

Surface

physical · Physical · Level 3 · E0

E0Spacetime

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

A surface is the outer boundary or form of an object in space, emerging from the interaction of matter and space, governed by physical laws and properties.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “surface”. 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.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0SurfaceFormObjectExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAircraftL4Appalachian High…L4BeneathL4CeilingL4Climate Change I…L4SurfaceL3SpaceL0FormL2ObjectL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Space L0 (requires)
    Understanding surface requires the concepts of form and space
  • Form L2 (requires)
    A surface is the outer boundary or form of an object in space
  • Object L2 (requires)
    Foundational concept required

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