The Emergence Machine

Nitrogen

physical · Agriculture · Level 7 · E0

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Emergence definition

A colorless, odorless, and tasteless substance essential for plant growth, comprising approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere, and a critical component in fertilizers and soil amendments, driven by a sequence of changes, and occurring over time, resulting in a predictable and repeatable pattern of transformation.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “nitrogen” 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
nitrogenum
Origin language
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Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0NitrogenGasPlantAnimalHeatOrganismTemperatureCellPhysicsProcessForceFormKinetic EnergyActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesNitrificationL8Nitrogen FixationL8LegumeL11DenitrificationL12NitrogenL7ActionL1ProcessL2GasL6PlantL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of nitrogen
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    nitrogen requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • Gas L6 (requires) polysemous
    Nitrogen: A colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas essential for plant growth, comprising approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere, and a critical component in fertilizers and soil amendments.
  • Plant L6 (requires) Biology sense
    Nitrogen: A colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas essential for plant growth, comprising approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere, and a critical component in fertilizers and soil amendments.

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