The Emergence Machine

Dinner

physical · food · Level 9 · E9

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Emergence definition

Dinner is a meal, typically eaten in the evening, that involves the preparation and consumption of food.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “dinner” 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.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0DinnerMealPortionFood… intermediate l…FormLifeMeasurementProcessActionChangeMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesDinner TheaterL11DinnerL9FoodL6MealL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Food L6 (requires)
    Dinner involves preparing and eating food
  • Meal L8 (requires)
    Dinner is a meal, typically the main meal of the day

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