The Emergence Machine

Irrigation

abstract · agriculture · Level 8 · E9

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Emergence definition

Irrigation emerges as a practice that involves working the land to grow plants, utilizing water as a fundamental resource for plant growth and development, and cultivating the land to support agricultural production.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “irrigation”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L3L2L1L0IrrigationCultivationPlantAnimalCellWater… intermediate l…FormLandLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Water L3 (foundational) Chemistry sense
    Water provides the foundational basis for understanding irrigation.
  • Cultivation L7 (foundational)
    Cultivation provides the foundational basis for understanding irrigation.

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