The Emergence Machine

Whale

abstract · Marine Science · Level 6 · E6

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Emergence definition

A whale is a large marine mammal with flippers and a streamlined body, ranging from filter-feeding baleen whales to toothed cetaceans, which is a type of animal that inhabits the sea and interacts with its environment.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
whale
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0WhaleAnimalGeologyMarineSeaOceanOrganismRockWater ElementCellMineralSystemWaterEnvironmentFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) polysemous
    whale builds on the concept of environment
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    A large marine mammal with flippers and a streamlined body, ranging from filter-feeding baleen whales to toothed cetaceans.
  • Marine L5 (requires)
    whale builds on the concept of marine
  • Sea L5 (requires)
    whale builds on the concept of sea

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