The Emergence Machine

Salt

physical · Culinary · Level 7 · E3

E3Chemistry

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

Salt is a crystalline substance used as a seasoning or preservative, with a specific chemical composition that gives it its characteristic properties.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
salt
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0SaltFoodAnimalOrganismCellMineralFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesHaloclineL8SalinityL8BaconL9HamL9SaltyL11SaltL7MineralL3FoodL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Mineral L3 (requires)
    Remediation fix
  • Food L6 (requires)
    Remediation fix

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