The Emergence Machine

Toilet

physical · household · Level 5 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

The toilet is a plumbing fixture that leverages the properties of water to facilitate the disposal of human bodily waste, building upon the fundamental properties of water as a liquid essential for life and the architectural concept of plumbing that manages water and gas systems.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
toilet
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0ToiletPlumbingBuildingConstructionWaterFormStructureSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesToiletL5WaterL3PlumbingL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Water L3 (requires) nature sense
    Toilets use water for flushing waste
  • Plumbing L4 (requires)
    Toilets are key plumbing fixtures