The Emergence Machine

Oat

physical · Food · Level 9 · E3

E3Chemistry

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

Oats are a type of grain, a cultivated plant crop used for food, emerging from the combination of a plant's seed and structural properties.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “oat”. 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.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0OatGrainCropSeedFoodPlantReproduction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesOatL9PlantL6GrainL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • oat English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Plant L6 (requires) polysemous
    Oats are a type of grain
  • Grain L8 (requires)
    Oats are cereal grains used for food