The Emergence Machine

Tear Drop

physical · 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

A tear-drop is a drop of liquid that falls from the eye, which is a part of the body that contains water.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L3L2L1L0Tear DropEyeFaceHeadOrganCellFunctionWater… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCry VerbL11Tear DropL10WaterL3EyeL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • tear English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Water L3 (requires) polysemous
    Drop of liquid from the eye -- prerequisite: water
  • Eye L9 (requires)
    Drop of liquid from the eye -- prerequisite: eye

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