# write (communication)

to make marks on a surface that are language

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [marks](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-marks.visual), [language](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-language.communication), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [surface](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-surface.exterior)

**Through:** marks are made on a surface that are language

**Novel properties:**
- symbolic inscription
- enduring linguistic form
- intentional meaning transmission

## Examples
- The Rosetta Stone was inscribed with the same text in Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphs at Sais in 196 BCE. *(history)*
- Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer algorithm for Babbage's Analytical Engine in 1843. *(computing)*
- Farmers in ancient Uruk recorded grain shipments on clay tablets using cuneiform script around 3200 BCE. *(archaeology)*

## Used by
- [contract](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-contract.legal) (L14)
- [document](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-document.record) (L17)
- [journal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-journal.record) (L18)
- [notes](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-notes.written) (L14)
- [summary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-summary.text) (L14)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-write.communication*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-write.communication.json*  
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