The Emergence Machine

Unilateral Contact

abstract · Physics · Level 3 · E0

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Emergence definition

Unilateral contact emerges from a pattern-based intervention, where an organism takes action to disrupt a potential future event or outcome, involving the interaction of energy with the particles that make up matter, and a change in position or state of an object over time.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
unilateral contact
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0Unilateral ContactForceActionMatterMotionPreventEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesFrictionL4GalactosialidosisL6Unilateral ContactL3MotionL1PreventL1ForceL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    Understanding motion helps understand force-related concept unilateral-contact
  • Prevent L1 (requires)
    A mechanical constraint which prevents penetration between two bodies.
  • Force L2 (requires)
    unilateral contact requires understanding force as a foundational concept

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