The Emergence Machine

Egg

physical · Agriculture · Level 8 · E6

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Emergence definition

An egg is a reproductive structure produced by female animals, often used as a food source in agricultural systems.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
egg
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0EggCultivationFoodPlantAnimal… intermediate l…FormLandLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCustardL9HatchlingL9DuckL10PoultryL10Kogel MogelL12EggL8FoodL6CultivationL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • Ei German
  • egg English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Food L6 (requires)
    Eggs are a food source.
  • Cultivation L7 (requires)
    An agricultural concept relating to egg, involving farming, cultivation, or food production.

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