The Emergence Machine

Vegetable

physical · Biology · Level 7 · E8

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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 living system or structure involving energy and pattern, where energy is the capacity to do work, manifesting as the ability to cause change or motion in a physical system, that is consumed as food for nutrition.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “vegetable”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0VegetableFoodPlantAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCarrotL8IngredientL8Vegetable FoodL8Food ItemL9PotatoL9VegetableL7CellL3FoodL6PlantL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cell L3 (requires) Biology sense
    vegetable depends on plant, which requires cell
  • Food L6 (requires)
    A vegetable is an edible plant or plant part consumed as food for nutrition.
  • Plant L6 (requires) Biology sense
    vegetable depends on plant

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