The Emergence Machine

Meat

physical · Food · Level 9 · E3

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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

Meat is the flesh of domesticated animals, raised for their meat, milk, eggs, or other products, which is consumed as food, providing protein and nutrients, and is a product of the complex patterns and transformations that give rise to a functioning food system.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
meat
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0MeatLivestockFarmingFood… intermediate l…FormLandLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBalcarceL10BeefL10BrothL10BurgerL10ButcherL10MeatL9FoodL6LivestockL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Food L6 (requires)
    Meat is animal flesh consumed as food, providing protein and nutrients.
  • Livestock L8 (foundational)
    Livestock provides the foundational basis for understanding meat.

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