The Emergence Machine

Bay

physical · nature · Level 16 · E0

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Emergence definition

A body of water partially enclosed by land, where the concept of land provides the spatial extent and the coast provides the boundary between land and water, and the water provides the liquid substance.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
bay
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL16L15L14L13L4L2L1L0BayCoastOil NaturalOilOrganismTemperatureWater Element… intermediate l…EnvironmentForceFormKinetic EnergyActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCoveL17LagoonL17BayL16Water ElementL4CoastL15E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Water Element L4 (requires) nature sense
    Body of water partially enclosed by land -- requires understanding of water
  • Coast L15 (requires)
    Bay requires understanding of coast as a foundational concept.

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