The Emergence Machine

Pan

physical · Culinary · Level 8 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

A pan is a metal container that holds food while cooking, leveraging the properties of metal and material to facilitate the transformation of food through thermal energy transfer.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
pan
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0PanCookingFoodAnimalHeatContainerOrganismTemperatureMaterialMetalCellPhysicsEnvironmentForceFormInformationActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesSaute PanL9Roasting PanL12SkilletL15PanL8MaterialL3MetalL3ContainerL4CookingL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Material L3 (requires)
    Understanding material helps understand the metallic concept of pan
  • Metal L3 (requires)
    A pan is a metal container for cooking
  • Container L4 (requires)
    A pan is a container that holds food while cooking
  • Cooking L7 (requires)
    A pan is a tool used for cooking

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