The Emergence Machine

Skillet

physical · Culinary · Level 15 · E3

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Emergence definition

A skillet emerges as a shallow, flat-bottomed cooking pan with sloped sides, used for browning and frying foods at moderate to high heat, by leveraging the properties of heat to facilitate the Maillard reaction and the structural integrity of a pan.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
skillet
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL15L13L12L11L8L5L2L1L0SkilletBrowningCrustDoughGrainPanAnimalGeologyHeat… intermediate l…EnvironmentForceFormInformationActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSkilletL15HeatL5PanL8BrowningL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Heat L5 (requires)
    A skillet uses heat to cook food
  • Pan L8 (requires)
    A shallow, flat-bottomed cooking pan with sloped sides, used for browning and frying foods at moderate to high heat.
  • Browning L13 (requires)
    A shallow, flat-bottomed cooking pan with sloped sides, used for browning and frying foods at moderate to high heat.