The Emergence Machine

Thread

physical · material-culture · Level 6 · 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

Thread is a thin strand of material that requires the spinning or twisting of fibers, which emerge from the organized arrangement of matter, combining with substance to form a specific physical form, and exhibiting patterns that govern its transformations and binding, as a result of the process of weaving or twisting, which unfolds as a sequence of changes driven by energy and occurring over time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “thread”. 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.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0ThreadClothFiberToolMaterialProcessForceFormStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesConcurrencyL7KnitL7Lace FabricL7RopeL7SewL7ThreadL6ActionL1ProcessL2ToolL4ClothL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of thread
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    Thread is thin strand material that requires spinning or twisting processes.
  • Tool L4 (requires)
    Thin strand of fiber used for sewing -- understanding tool is a prerequisite
  • Cloth L5 (requires)
    Thin strand of fiber used for sewing -- understanding cloth is a prerequisite

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