The Emergence Machine

Crater

physical · nature · Level 3 · E0

E0Spacetime

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Emergence definition

A crater emerges as a depression in the land, resulting from the interaction of forces and the transformation of matter in a specific environment, where the spatial extent of solid ground is altered by external energy or events.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
crater
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0CraterEnvironmentLandMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCraterL3EnvironmentL2LandL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) environment sense
    Understanding crater requires prior knowledge of environment, which provides essential context for grasping this concept.
  • Land L2 (requires)
    to understand the context of the environment where the crater is formed