The Emergence Machine

Bedrock

physical · Ecology · Level 3 · E0

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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

Bedrock is the solid ground that underlies land, providing a physical foundation for ecological relationships between organisms and their environment.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
bedrock
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0BedrockLandMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBoulderL4BedrockL3LandL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Land L2 (requires)
    This is a land feature

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