The Emergence Machine

Insect

physical · Biology · Level 6 · E6

E6Organisms

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 insect is a living system or structure that involves the dynamic pattern of movement and transformation in response to stimuli, building upon the multicellular entity that can interact with and respond to its environment.

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Wiktionary senses

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

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0InsectAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAntL7Butterfly InsectL7ChrysalisL7CocoonL7Fly InsectL7InsectL6AnimalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    insect depends on animal

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