The Emergence Machine

Prairie

physical · nature · Level 9 · E7

E7Ecosystems

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 vast, temperate grassland area with few trees, typically found in North America and other mid-latitude regions.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
prairie
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0PrairieMeadowEcosystemFarmingEcologyFoodPlant… intermediate l…EnvironmentForceFormLandActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesSteppeL10PrairieL9EnvironmentL2EcosystemL7MeadowL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) environment sense
    Understanding prairie requires prior knowledge of environment, which provides essential context for grasping this concept.
  • Ecosystem L7 (requires) environment sense
    The concept of prairie relies on understanding the complex interactions within a geographical area.
  • Meadow L8 (requires)
    Large open grassland -- requires understanding of meadow

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