The Emergence Machine

Element

physical · Chemistry · Level 9 · 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

An element is a pure substance consisting of atoms with identical atomic numbers because it requires matter to exist and composition to be understood as a collection of identical atoms.

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Wiktionary senses

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

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0ElementCompositionVisualLight… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGraniteL10GypsumL10LimestoneL10MarbleL10QuartzL10ElementL9MatterL1CompositionL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Matter L1 (requires)
    An element is a pure substance consisting of atoms with identical atomic numbers.
  • Composition L8 (requires)
    element builds on the concept of composition

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