The Emergence Machine

Eat

process · Biology · Level 10 · E6

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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.

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Emergence definition

Eating is a biological process that involves the consumption of food, which is a living system or structure involving energy and pattern, and the mouth, which is a biological structure that is part of the body.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “eat”. 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.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L6L2L1L0EatMouthFaceHeadBodyFood… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesEatL10FoodL6MouthL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Food L6 (requires)
    A biological entity involving food, mouth, pattern.
  • Mouth L9 (requires)
    eat depends on mouth