# tools (tool)

a device that helps a person do work

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: tools

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [material](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-material.physical), [structure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-structure.arrangement), [device](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-device.tool), [help](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-help.assistance), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [work](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-work.effort)

**Through:** the material is arranged in a pattern that can be used to move other matter

**Novel properties:**
- purposeful function
- amplified effort
- directed change

## Examples
- The Hubble Space Telescope's corrective optics were installed during Service Mission 3A in 2002 to fix blurred vision caused by a flawed mirror. *(engineering)*
- A baker uses a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment to knead bread for 10 minutes, reducing hand effort by 90%. *(everyday life)*
- The Antikythera mechanism, dated to 100 BCE, used geared dials to predict eclipses and planetary positions. *(history)*

## Used by
- [applying](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-applying.action) (L8)
- [golf](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-golf.sport) (L15)
- [means](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-means.method) (L10)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tools.tool*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tools.tool.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*