The Emergence Machine

Lobster

abstract · Marine Science · Level 6 · E6

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Emergence definition

A marine crustacean with a segmented body, ten legs, and a prominent tail, valued as food, that inhabits the environment of the sea.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
lobster
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0LobsterAnimalGeologyMarineSeaOceanOrganismRockWater ElementCellMineralSystemWaterEnvironmentFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesLobsterL6EnvironmentL2AnimalL5MarineL5SeaL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) polysemous
    lobster builds on the concept of environment
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    A marine crustacean with a segmented body, ten legs, and a prominent tail, valued as food.
  • Marine L5 (requires)
    lobster builds on the concept of marine
  • Sea L5 (requires)
    lobster builds on the concept of sea