The Emergence Machine

Sorghum

physical · Agriculture · Level 9 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

Sorghum is a type of grain that emerges from the process of farming, which involves cultivating land to produce food, and is characterized by its structure and seed, ultimately requiring the presence of matter, organism, pattern, and energy.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
sorghum
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0SorghumGrainCropFarmingSeedFoodPlantReproduction… intermediate l…FormLandLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSorghumL9FarmingL7GrainL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Farming L7 (requires)
    sorghum is an agricultural concept relating to farming
  • Grain L8 (categorical)
    Sorghum belongs to the same category or domain as grain.