The Emergence Machine

Pupil

physical · anatomy · Level 3 · E6

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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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

The small, round opening in the eye for light entry emerges from the organized arrangement of matter, where particles occupy space and interact with energy, exhibiting patterns that govern its transformations and binding, and the shape or arrangement that matter takes, as the particles that make up matter interact and transform in space.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

L9L8L7L6L2L1L0StudentEducationLearningExperienceMemory… intermediate l…FormStructureLifeProcessActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPupilL3FormL2StructureL2StudentL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    pupil requires understanding form as a foundational concept
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    pupil requires understanding structure as a foundational concept
  • Student L9 (requires) mutual
    SimLex 9.35 — student/pupil direct synonym