The Emergence Machine

Pelagic

property · Marine Science · Level 5 · E0

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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

The open ocean environment beyond the continental shelf emerges from the organized arrangement of matter in space, governed by patterns that govern its transformations and binding, where freely swimming organisms and deep water conditions are a result of the interaction between the vast body of liquid and the system of interrelated parts that work together over time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “pelagic” 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
pelagic
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0PelagicGeologyOceanRockMineralSystemWaterFormLandLiquidProcessActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesMackerelL7PelagicL5MotionL1SystemL3OceanL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    pelagic requires understanding motion as a foundational concept
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    pelagic requires understanding system as a foundational concept
  • Ocean L4 (requires)
    Relating to the open ocean environment beyond the continental shelf, characterized by freely swimming organisms and deep water conditions.

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