The Emergence Machine

Trait

abstract · ontology · Level 2 · 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

Trait arises from the inherent qualities of matter, which are the distinguishing patterns of energy and matter that govern the transformations and binding of substances or objects.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
trait
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0TraitMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBreedingL6MendelianL8Sex LinkedL8GayL9DiffusionL10TraitL2MatterL1QualityL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Trait requires understanding of matter as a foundational concept.
  • Quality L1 (requires)
    To understand trait, one must first understand quality as a characteristic of a substance or object.

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