The Emergence Machine

Grow

process · biology · Level 3 · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

As life's inherent capacity to transform and adapt, growth emerges from the intersection of change and life, where the dynamic interplay between energy and system drives an increase in size, number, or degree over time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
grow
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0GrowLifeChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesGrowL3LifeL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • grow English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Life L2 (requires)
    Growth is a property of life