The Emergence Machine

Crystal

physical · Chemistry · Level 12 · E3

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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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

crystal emerges from structure. It requires molecule, atom, pattern, space.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
κρύσταλλος
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L2L1L0CrystalMoleculeAtomElectron… intermediate l…FormLifeMassMovementActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesDiamondL13FrostL13CrystalL12MoleculeL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Molecule L11 (requires)
    Crystals are ordered molecular structures

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