The Emergence Machine

Pot Container

physical · Household · Level 7 · 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

A pot is a container used for cooking, typically made of metal, holding food.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “pot”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0Pot ContainerFoodAnimalOrganismCellGenreMaterialMetalFormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPot ContainerL7GenreL3MaterialL3MetalL3FoodL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • pot English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Genre L3 (requires)
    To understand a pot as a container, we need to know what genre of objects it belongs to.
  • Material L3 (requires)
    Understanding material helps understand the metallic concept of pot-container
  • Metal L3 (requires)
    A pot is a container used for cooking
  • Food L6 (requires)
    Pots are metal vessels for cooking food