The Emergence Machine

Elevation

physical · Geography · Level 3 · E0

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Emergence definition

Elevation is the vertical position of land, arising from the spatial relationships and patterns of more/less/equal that define quantity, measured in units such as meters or feet, as land is the solid ground that occupies space and has physical properties.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
elevation
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0ElevationLandMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAboveL4RidgeL4SnowlineL8ContourL12ElevationL3QuantityL1LandL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Quantity L1 (requires)
    to understand elevation, one must understand quantity
  • Land L2 (requires)
    Elevation describes the vertical position of land

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