The Emergence Machine

Metabolism

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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

metabolism emerges from cell + reaction + energy.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
metabolism
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0MetabolismCellFormLifeReactionStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesHibernationL8MetabolismL4ReactionL2CellL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Reaction L2 (builds on)
    Metabolism builds on the principles established by reaction.
  • Cell L3 (builds on) Biology sense
    Metabolism builds on the principles established by cell.

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