The Emergence Machine

Wheat

physical · food · Level 9 · E3

E3Chemistry

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 type of plant that grows in the ground, often used for food, requiring the existence of energy and action to grow.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0WheatGrainCropSeedFoodPlantReproduction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesFlourL10WheatL9PlantL6GrainL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Plant L6 (requires) polysemous
    Wheat is a cereal plant
  • Grain L8 (requires)
    Wheat is a cereal grain crop

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