The Emergence Machine

Child

physical · General · Level 9 · E6

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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

A young human being, characterized by a developing body and a growing sense of identity, emerging from the process of birth and growth within a family unit.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “child”. 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.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0ChildBirthFamilyPersonBodyGroupReproduction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBabyL10CousinL10CradleL10FatherL10In Home Child CareL10ChildL9PersonL7BirthL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Person L7 (requires)
    Social/physical dependency
  • Birth L8 (requires)
    Young human being -- prerequisite: birth

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