The Emergence Machine

Comprehension

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Emergence definition

Comprehension emerges as the ability to grasp the meaning of information, texts, concepts, or instructions in learning contexts, built upon the understanding of meaning as a transformation of information and the dynamic pattern of movement and transformation that is an action unfolding over time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
comprehendere
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0ComprehensionMeaningUnderstandInformationProcessActionChangeEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesExplainL8ComprehensionL4MeaningL3UnderstandL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Meaning L3 (requires)
    The ability to understand and grasp the meaning of information, texts, concepts, or instructions in learning contexts.
  • Understand L3 (requires)
    The ability to understand and grasp the meaning of information, texts, concepts, or instructions in learning contexts.

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