The Emergence Machine

Easterlies

physical · Meteorology · Level 14 · E0

E0Spacetime

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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Trade winds blowing from the east, characterized by the transfer of energy from the equatorial region to higher latitudes through the atmospheric circulation pattern.

Compare Easterlies with…

Wiktionary senses

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

Loading senses…

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

Historical origin

Origin word
easterlies
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L5L4L2L1L0EasterliesTradeExchangeProductionBehaviorGoalWeatherWindObjectiveOrganismPhase… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesEasterliesL14WindL4WeatherL5TradeL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Wind L4 (requires) Earth Science sense
    Easterlies are trade winds blowing from the east, global wind patterns requiring understanding of wind as directional air movement.
  • Weather L5 (requires)
    easterlies is a weather or meteorological phenomenon.
  • Trade L13 (requires) Economics sense
    Easterlies: Trade winds blowing from the east, characterized by the transfer of energy from the equatorial region to higher latitudes through the atmospheric circulation pattern.