The Emergence Machine

Pesticide

physical · agriculture · Level 9 · E10

E10Institutions

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

Pesticides are substances applied to crops to prevent or eliminate pests that can harm them.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “pesticide”. 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.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0PesticidePestCultivationFarmingFoodPlant… intermediate l…FormLandLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPesticideL9CultivationL7PestL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cultivation L7 (requires)
    An agricultural concept relating to pesticide, involving farming, cultivation, or food production.
  • Pest L8 (foundational)
    Pest provides the foundational basis for understanding pesticide.