The Emergence Machine

Snail

abstract · Marine Science · Level 7 · E6

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Emergence definition

A gastropod mollusk with a spiral shell, moving through muscular contractions of its single foot, which is a type of animal that inhabits the marine environment.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
snail
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0SnailBodyAnimalGeologyMarineSeaOceanOrganismRockWater ElementCellMineralSystemWaterEnvironmentFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesHelicultureL8SnailL7EnvironmentL2AnimalL5MarineL5SeaL5BodyL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) environment sense
    snail builds on the concept of environment
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    A gastropod mollusk with a spiral shell, moving through muscular contractions of its single foot.
  • Marine L5 (requires)
    snail builds on the concept of marine
  • Sea L5 (requires)
    snail builds on the concept of sea
  • Body L6 (requires)
    The concept of snail builds on the idea of a body, but the prerequisite 'animal' is not sufficient to define the specific characteristics of a snail.

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