The Emergence Machine

Topsoil

physical · Ecology · Level 4 · E7

E7Ecosystems

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

Topsoil emerges from the relationships between earth, organisms, and their environment, where earth provides the physical context, organisms offer the ecological interactions, and environment offers the dynamic framework for these interactions.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
topsoil
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0TopsoilEarthProcessActionChangeEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesTopsoilL4EarthL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Earth L3 (requires)
    Terrestrial concept depends on earth