The Emergence Machine

Belly

physical · Level 8 · E6

E6Organisms

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Emergence definition

The belly is the front part of the body between the chest and pelvis, containing the stomach and other digestive organs that facilitate the breakdown and absorption of food.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0BellyStomachBodyAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesBellyL8StomachL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Stomach L7 (requires) polysemous
    The belly contains the stomach and other digestive organs