The Emergence Machine

Meal

physical · food · Level 8 · E9

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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.

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Emergence definition

A portion of substance, allocated or served in a controlled manner, resulting from a process of transformation, consisting of multiple dishes.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “meal”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0MealPortionFoodAnimal… intermediate l…SubstanceFormLifeMeasurementActionChangeMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 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.

  • Substance L2 (requires)
    meal requires understanding substance as a foundational concept
  • Portion L7 (requires)
    A portion of food served and eaten at one time, typically consisting of multiple dishes.

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