The Emergence Machine

Substance

abstract · general · Level 2 · 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

substance emerges from being + matter.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
substantia
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0SubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAbbameleL3AcidL3ActiniumL3AirL3AletriaL3SubstanceL2MatterL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Remediation: correct chain to L0

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