The Emergence Machine

Cereal

physical · food · Level 4 · E3

E3Chemistry

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Emergence definition

Cereal emerges from the intersection of breakfast and dried grain products, where the energy and sequence of changes that unfold during breakfast are channeled into a specific arrangement of matter, resulting in a convenient and nutritious food source for the morning.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “cereal” 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.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0CerealBreakfastBeingProcessSubstanceActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCerealL4BreakfastL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Breakfast L3 (requires)
    Dried grain products typically eaten for breakfast, mixed with milk and sweetened with sugar or honey.