The Emergence Machine

Suck

process · biology · Level 10 · E5

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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.

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Emergence definition

The mouth, as a biological structure, interacts with air, a mixture of gases, to create a partial vacuum, allowing for the manipulation of air pressure to draw something into the mouth.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
suck
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L3L2L1L0SuckMouthFaceHeadAirCell… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSuckL10AirL3MouthL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • suck English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Air L3 (requires) polysemous
    Sucking creates a vacuum using air pressure
  • Mouth L9 (requires)
    Sucking is performed with the mouth