The Emergence Machine

Coastline

physical · Level 4 · E0

E0Spacetime

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Emergence definition

A coastline is the boundary between land and water, which emerges from the combination of land and water, where land is a spatial extent of solid ground and water is a substance that occupies space and has physical properties.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0CoastlineWaterLandSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCoastlineL4LandL2WaterL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Land L2 (requires)
    A coastline is where land meets water
  • Water L3 (requires) polysemous
    A coastline is the boundary between land and water