The Emergence Machine

Butterfly

physical · Biology · Level 7 · E6

E6Organisms

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Emergence definition

A flying insect with colorful wings, which emerges from the interaction of plant and photosynthesis.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “butterfly”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0ButterflyPlantAnimalOrganismPhotosynthesisCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCaterpillarL8ButterflyL7PhotosynthesisL4PlantL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Photosynthesis L4 (requires) Biology sense
    to understand the relationship between plant and colorful wings
  • Plant L6 (requires) Biology sense
    Flying insect with colorful wings

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