The Emergence Machine

Preservation

process · food · Level 7 · E9

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Emergence definition

Preservation emerges as the process of preventing change or decay in food, by applying various methods such as canning, drying, freezing, and salting, which requires an understanding of change and food.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “preservation”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0PreservationFoodAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBriningL8CuringL8DehydratingL8FermentingL8FreezingL8PreservationL7ChangeL1FoodL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Preservation prevents change or decay
  • Food L6 (requires)
    Preservation maintains the quality or state of food

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