The Emergence Machine

Almond

physical · Food · Level 8 · E3

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

An almond is an edible seed from a tree, which grows and develops as part of the reproductive process of a plant.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L4L2L1L0AlmondSeedTreePlantReproductionAnimalNutOrganism… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesAlmondL8NutL4SeedL7TreeL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Nut L4 (requires)
    A clear understanding of what constitutes a nut is necessary to fully define an almond, which is a type of edible nut from a tree.
  • Seed L7 (requires)
    An almond is an edible nut from a tree
  • Tree L7 (requires) polysemous
    Almonds are seeds from trees