The Emergence Machine

Thin

property · Quality · Level 4 · 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.

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Emergence definition

Having little thickness emerges from the combination of substance and size, as substance provides the material foundation.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “thin”. 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.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0ThinThickSizeSubstanceMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesThinL4ThickL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • thin English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Thick L3 (requires)
    Having little thickness -- prerequisite: thick