The Emergence Machine

Year

abstract · time · Level 8 · E0

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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

Time, as a progression from past through present to future, enables the sequencing of events, which is further structured by the cyclical patterns of seasons, driven by the energy of the sun, resulting in a recurring period of approximately 365 days, corresponding to one complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
year
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0YearSunLightPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeSeasonStructureChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesYearL8TimeL0SeasonL2SunL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • year English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Time L0 (requires)
    A year is a unit of time
  • Season L2 (requires) sports sense
    A year encompasses all seasons
  • Sun L7 (requires)
    A year is defined by Earth's orbit around the Sun