The Emergence Machine

Conductivity

property · Physics · Level 11 · E3

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Emergence definition

The ability of a material to facilitate the flow of electric current through the movement of charge carriers within its structure, building upon the fundamental concept of electric current and its quantifiable properties.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Conductivity” 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
conductivity
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L2L1L0ConductivityCurrentChargeParticle… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeMassActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Current L10 (requires)
    Conductivity is the ability of matter to allow electric current to flow through it due to the movement of charge carriers.