# print (material)

a piece of physical material bearing a repeated pattern created by applying force

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: print

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [piece](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-piece.portion), [material](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-material.physical), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [press](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-press.force), [force](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-force.push), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [physical](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-physical.material), [portion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-portion.share), [regularity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regularity.pattern), [application](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-application.use), [applying](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-applying.action), [create](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-create.production), [repeats](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-repeats.action)

**Through:** pressing with force applies a tool to transfer a repeating pattern onto a physical portion, making a new material artifact

**Novel properties:**
- repeating surface design
- impressed pattern persistence
- artifact of applied pressure

## Examples
- The 1937 Dieppe Series B banknote bears ink patterns pressed into cotton paper by engraved steel rollers. *(economics)*
- A butterfly's wing scales diffract light into iridescent bands through nanoscale ridges formed during pupal development. *(biology)*
- The 1890s Columbian Exposition guidebook cover showed a repeating floral design stamped in gold leaf using heated brass dies. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [magazine](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-magazine.publication) (L17)
- [paper](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-paper.material) (L16)

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*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*