sample · material
Ask Prometheusa piece taken from a whole to act as an example
Sample (noun) means: a piece taken from a whole to act as an example. It emerges from piece, whole, example, act: Taking a piece from a whole and showing it as an example is this concept. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 18, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The Apollo 11 mission returned 21.6 kilograms of lunar rock samples from the Sea of Tranquility to study on Earth. space exploration
- In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick used Rosalind Franklin's X-ray diffraction image 'Photograph 51' as a sample of DNA's structure. biology
- The US Geological Survey collects water samples from the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry to monitor sediment and chemical content. environmental science
Emergence
through: Taking a piece from a whole and showing it as an example is this concept
- representative subset
- demonstrative instance
- extracted for inspection
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (331 steps)
- sampleL18
- pieceL3
- wholeL3
- exampleL17
- itemsL4
- othersL2
- spaceL0
- timeL0
- patternL0
- differenceL1
- setsL3
- patternL0
- othersL2
- boundaryL2
- differenceL1
- partL1
- distinctL3
- differenceL1
- othersL2
- othersL2
- lawL3
- rulesL16
- lawL3
- orderL8
- regularL1
- controlL15
- reachL13
- feedbackL14
- informationL6
- differenceL1
- marksL5
- patternL0
- sendL8
- sourceL2
- changeL1
- backL13
- occursL2
- informationL6
- setL9
- wallL8
- readL7
- seeL6
- informationL6
- entitiesL4
- persistL1
- wantL6
- patternL0
- showL7
- useL6
- itemsL4
- actL3
- takeL6
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (2)
Relations
| is-a | piece.portion | is-a |
| abstracts | example.illustration | related |