The Emergence Machine

Atom

physical · Chemistry · Level 10 · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

atom emerges from particle + matter.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
atom
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0AtomElectronParticleNucleusServing… intermediate l…FormLifeMassMovementMatterActionChangeMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBondL11Hydrogen BondL11IonL11MoleculeL11ProtonL11AtomL10MatterL1NucleusL7ElectronL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Matter L1 (requires)
    An atom is the smallest unit of a chemical element
  • Nucleus L7 (requires)
    The smallest units of matter that retain the properties of a chemical element, consisting of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
  • Electron L9 (requires)
    The smallest units of matter that retain the properties of a chemical element, consisting of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.

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