The Emergence Machine

Day

physical · time · Level 8 · E0

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A day is a period of 24 hours on Earth, influenced by the planet's rotation and orbit around the sun.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0DaySunLightGeologyPerception… intermediate l…Science ConceptFormLandLifeChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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In other languages

  • Tag German
  • day English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Science Concept L2 (requires)
    An Earth science concept relating to day, involving geological processes, landforms, or planetary systems.
  • Geology L5 (requires)
    to understand geological processes and landforms
  • Sun L7 (requires)
    Physical/natural dependency

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