The Emergence Machine

Reducing

process · Culinary · Level 8 · E0

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Emergence definition

Reducing: A cooking technique that involves slowly simmering a liquid to concentrate flavors and decrease volume through the transfer of thermal energy, resulting in a thicker, more intense consistency, by harnessing the energy of heat to alter the state of the substance.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
reducing
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0ReducingCookingEvaporationFoodAnimalHeatWeather… intermediate l…SubstanceForceFormKinetic EnergyActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Substance L2 (requires)
    reducing requires understanding substance as a foundational concept
  • Evaporation L6 (requires)
    Evaporation is necessary to understand the process of decreasing volume through the transfer of thermal energy.
  • Cooking L7 (requires)
    reducing is a cooking technique.

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