The Emergence Machine

Rat

physical · Biology · Level 8 · E6

E6Organisms

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

A rat is a larger rodent related to the mouse, characterized by a specific type of organ and life processes.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “rat”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0RatMouse AnimalOrganFoodTissueAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesMouseL9RatL8Mouse AnimalL7OrganL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • rat English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Mouse Animal L7 (requires)
    Larger rodent related to the mouse
  • Organ L7 (requires) Biology sense
    To understand the concept of an organism, which is a prerequisite for rat, we need to know that it emerges from an organ.

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