The Emergence Machine

Toll

physical · transportation · Level 2 · E10

E10Institutions

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

Motion, as a change in position or state of an object over time, involving energy and space, is measured and compared against a standard, resulting in the concept of tolls charging users based on their motion across toll roads.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
telonion
Origin language
gre

A charge for using a road or bridge

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0TollMotionStandardEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesTollL2MotionL1StandardL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    Tolls charge users based on motion across toll roads.
  • Standard L1 (requires)
    To understand toll, one must first understand standard as a reference point for measurement.