The Emergence Machine

Yesterday

abstract · temporal · Level 9 · 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

Yesterday is the day that precedes the present day, a day that has elapsed and is now part of the past, its 24-hour period having been influenced by Earth's rotation and orbit around the sun, allowing us to understand it as a distinct unit of time that has passed.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
yesterday
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0YesterdayDaySunLight… intermediate l…PastFormLandLifeChangeMatterPresentWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesYesterdayL9PastL2DayL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Past L2 (requires)
    Yesterday is in the past
  • Day L8 (requires)
    Yesterday is a day