The Emergence Machine

Photosynthesis

process · Biology · Level 4 · E5

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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

photosynthesis emerges from cell + light + energy.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
photosynthesis
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0PhotosynthesisCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesPhotosynthesis EcoL5ButterflyL7GrassL7HedgeL7RelishL7PhotosynthesisL4CellL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cell L3 (builds on) Biology sense
    Photosynthesis builds on the principles established by cell.

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