The Emergence Machine

Dessert

physical · food · Level 11 · E9

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Emergence definition

Desserts emerge as sweet courses served at the end of a meal, characterized by their taste from sugar or fruit, which is a crystalline substance made from sugar cane or sugar beets that adds sweetness to food and beverages.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L7L2L1L0DessertTasteMouthFaceHeadSensorySugar… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesIce CreamL12Kogel MogelL12Mango Sticky RiceL12Persimmon PuddingL12PootharekuluL12DessertL11SugarL7TasteL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Sugar L7 (requires)
    Sweet course served at the end of a meal -- requires understanding of sugar
  • Taste L10 (requires)
    Desserts are characterized by their sweet taste from sugar or fruit

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