The Emergence Machine

Adult

abstract · development · Level 6 · E6

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Emergence definition

As a human reaches maturity through growth, which is the result of organism and change, it develops into an adult, characterized by a fully formed and developed state that encompasses cognitive, emotional, and social capacities, marking the culmination of its life cycle.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “adult”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
adult
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0AdultGrowthHumanOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBachelorL10AdultL6GrowthL5HumanL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Growth L5 (requires)
    Adulthood results from growth
  • Human L5 (requires)
    An adult is a mature human

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