The Emergence Machine

Continent

physical · Earth Science · Level 4 · E12

E12States

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Emergence definition

A large landmass that is surrounded by water, comprising a unique set of geological processes, landforms, and planetary systems that shape its structure and pattern.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
continent
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0GeologyContinentRockEarthMineralWaterLandFormProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesContinental DriftL5SupercontinentL5SubcontinentL10ContinentL4LandL2EarthL3WaterL3GeologyL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Land L2 (requires)
    A continent is a large landmass
  • Earth L3 (requires)
    A continent is a large landmass
  • Water L3 (requires) polysemous
    Continents are surrounded by water
  • Geology L5 (requires) mutual
    continent is an earth science concept.

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