The Emergence Machine

Table Furniture

physical · Household · Level 9 · E11

E11Organizations

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

A table is a flat-topped piece of furniture that takes on a specific form through the arrangement of wood, which is shaped by the structure of the material.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “table”. 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.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0Table FurnitureWood BuildWoodPlant… intermediate l…FormStructureEnvironmentLifeChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesTable FurnitureL9FormL2StructureL2Wood BuildL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Understanding form helps understand the structure of table-furniture
  • Structure L2 (requires) polysemous
    Tables are wooden structures
  • Wood Build L8 (requires) architecture sense
    A table is a flat-topped piece of furniture