The Emergence Machine

Wood

physical · Biology · Level 7 · E3

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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 natural material that arises from the combination of substance and being, often found in the trunks and branches of certain plants.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
wood
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0WoodPlantAnimalOrganismCellMaterialFormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAxeL8BarrelL8BookcaseL8BroomL8BushL8WoodL7MaterialL3PlantL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Material L3 (requires)
    Wood is a natural material from trees
  • Plant L6 (requires) polysemous
    Wood comes from the trunks and branches of plants

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