The Emergence Machine

Cradle

physical · General · Level 10 · E9

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Emergence definition

A cradle is a small bed for an infant that rocks because it provides a safe and soothing environment for a child to sleep, which is essential for their growth and development, and is facilitated by the physical structure of the bed and the gentle motion it provides.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “cradle”. 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.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0CradleChildBirthFamilyPersonSleep… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCribL11CradleL10SleepL7ChildL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Sleep L7 (requires)
    Small bed for an infant that rocks -- prerequisite: sleep
  • Child L9 (requires)
    Small bed for an infant that rocks -- prerequisite: child

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