The Emergence Machine

Core

physical · Earth Science · Level 4 · E3

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Emergence definition

The extremely hot, dense center of a planet, comprising a solid inner core and a liquid outer core, surrounded by the mantle, where iron and nickel alloy particles interact and transform in space.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Core” 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
core
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0GeologyCoreRockEarthMineralFormLandProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesRoot LinguisticsL5CoreL4EarthL3GeologyL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Earth L3 (requires)
    Earth's core is the extremely hot center layer beneath the mantle
  • Geology L5 (requires) mutual
    core is an earth science concept.

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