The Emergence Machine

Swimming

process · sports · Level 2 · E6

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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.

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Emergence definition

Swimming is a specific type of motion, using limbs or other body parts, that involves energy and space.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
swimming
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0SwimmingActionMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesSnorkelingL4BarracudaL7NektonL8SwimmingL2ActionL1MotionL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    swimming requires understanding action as a foundational concept
  • Motion L1 (requires)
    swimming requires understanding motion as a foundational concept

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