The Emergence Machine

Cliff

physical · nature · Level 3 · E0

E0Spacetime

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Emergence definition

A cliff is a land feature that emerges from the interaction of environment and land, where the structure of the terrain is altered by geological processes, resulting in a steep drop-off or slope.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
cliff
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0CliffEnvironmentLandMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesEscarpmentL5TalusL5WaterfallL5HeadlandL6ScarpL13CliffL3EnvironmentL2LandL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) environment sense
    Understanding cliff requires prior knowledge of environment, which provides essential context for grasping this concept.
  • Land L2 (requires)
    This is a land feature

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