The Emergence Machine

Cooking

process · food · Level 7 · E9

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Emergence definition

Food, as a living system or structure involving energy and pattern, is transformed through the transfer of thermal energy, resulting in a change in the kinetic energy of particles and a change in the food's state.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “cooking”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0CookingFoodAnimalHeatOrganismTemperatureCellPhysicsForceFormKinetic EnergyLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBastingL8BeatingL8BlendingL8BriningL8ButterflyingL8CookingL7HeatL5FoodL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Heat L5 (requires)
    Cooking applies heat to transform food
  • Food L6 (requires)
    Cooking is the preparation of food using various methods

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