The Emergence Machine

Grain

physical · food · Level 8 · 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.

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Emergence definition

grain emerges from crop + seed + structure. It requires food.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “grain”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0GrainCropSeedFoodPlantReproductionAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBarleyL9BuckwheatL9Cereal FoodL9CornL9Grain FabricL9GrainL8CropL7SeedL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Crop L7 (foundational)
    Crop provides the foundational basis for understanding grain.
  • Seed L7 (foundational)
    Seed provides the foundational basis for understanding grain.

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