The Emergence Machine

Plate

physical · Technology · Level 7 · E3

E3Chemistry

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Emergence definition

A flat, rigid, or flexible material surface, often made of ceramic, metal, or plastic, used to hold or present food, and also used in computing as a flat surface for input or output devices such as touchscreens or display screens.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0PlateFoodAnimalContainerOrganismCellSoftwareEnvironmentFormInformationLifeChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesMesian PlateL8Scale FishL8PlateL7ContainerL4FoodL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Container L4 (requires)
    A plate is a flat container for serving food
  • Food L6 (requires)
    A plate is used for serving and eating food

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