The Emergence Machine

Air Mass

physical · Meteorology · Level 4 · E0

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Emergence definition

Air mass is a large, relatively uniform body of air, characterized by consistent temperature and humidity properties, which are influenced by mass, as it transfers and transforms energy, influencing weather patterns and climate.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
air mass
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

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Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Mass L2 (requires)
    air mass involves mass
  • Air L3 (requires) polysemous
    Meteorological concepts relate to the properties and behavior of air
  • Weather L5 (requires) mutual
    air-mass is a weather or meteorological phenomenon.

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