The Emergence Machine

Cetacean

abstract · Marine Science · Level 8 · E6

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Emergence definition

A large, air-breathing marine animal with a streamlined body, blowholes, and complex social structures, inhabiting the ocean's spatial domain.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
cetacean
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0CetaceanMammalReproductionAnimalGeologyMarine… intermediate l…FormLandLifeLiquidActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCetaceanL8MarineL5MammalL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Marine L5 (requires)
    A large, air-breathing marine mammal with a streamlined body, blowholes, and complex social structures, inhabiting the ocean's spatial domain.
  • Mammal L7 (requires)
    A large, air-breathing marine mammal with a streamlined body, blowholes, and complex social structures, inhabiting the ocean's spatial domain.