The Emergence Machine

Wheel

physical · Technology · Level 3 · E11

E11Organizations

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

A wheel is a dynamic pattern of movement and transformation, unfolding over time, resulting in a predictable and repeatable pattern of transformation, driven by the interaction of energy with the particles that make up matter, and enabling motion through rotation.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “wheel”. 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.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0WheelSystemFormProcessStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBearingL4GearL4PulleyL4TrainL4TruckL4WheelL3ActionL1MotionL1ProcessL2SystemL3E1 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 wheel
  • Motion L1 (requires)
    Wheels enable motion through rotation.
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    wheel requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • System L3 (requires) mutual systems-theory sense
    Technology concepts are part of systems.

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