The Emergence Machine

Tap

physical · tool · Level 18 · E3

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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

A tap is the interface where a pipe's fluid flow is controlled, leveraging the pipe's tubular structure to manage the flow of water, a substance essential for life, from a container.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
tap
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL18L17L16L15L3L2L1L0TapPipeInletCoastWaterBuildingCellEarth… intermediate l…EnvironmentForceFormKinetic EnergyActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesTapL18WaterL3PipeL17E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • tap English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Water L3 (requires) polysemous
    Taps control water flow
  • Pipe L17 (requires)
    Taps connect to pipes