The Emergence Machine

Grass

physical · Biology · Level 7 · E6

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Emergence definition

A living system or structure involving plant and life, as it builds upon the understanding of growth as a change in an organism over time, and the organized arrangement of interrelated parts that work together over time, and a spatially-organized sequence of actions that involves logical reasoning to structure the sequence of operations.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “grass”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0GrassPlantAnimalGrowthOrganismPhotosynthesisCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGrasslandL8VegetationL8GrassL7PhotosynthesisL4GrowthL5PlantL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Photosynthesis L4 (requires) Biology sense
    Grass is a type of plant that grows through photosynthesis.
  • Growth L5 (requires)
    grass is a type of plant that grows
  • Plant L6 (requires) Biology sense
    grass depends on plant

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