The Emergence Machine

Breath

physical · Biology · Level 14 · E5

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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

The process of air being taken into and expelled from the lungs, which requires the presence of air and a functioning lung.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “breath”. 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.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L3L2L1L0BreathLungExchangeProductionAirCausalityCellMaterial… intermediate l…ForceFormKinetic EnergyLifeActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBreatheL15SighL15WhisperL15YawnL15BreathL14AirL3LungL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Air L3 (requires) polysemous
    Air taken into and expelled from the lungs -- prerequisite: air
  • Lung L13 (requires) Biology sense
    Air taken into and expelled from the lungs -- prerequisite: lung

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