The Emergence Machine

Equator

physical · Geography · Level 5 · E0

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Emergence definition

The equator is a measurement line dividing the earth, equidistant from the North and South Poles, marking 0 degrees latitude.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
equator
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0EquatorPoleEarthLocationMeasurementProcessActionChangePositionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesHemisphereL6LatitudeL7Cromwell CurrentL11EquatorL5SpaceL0MeasurementL2PoleL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Space L0 (requires)
    The equator divides the spatial extent of the earth
  • Measurement L2 (requires)
    The equator is a measurement line dividing the earth
  • Pole L4 (requires)
    The imaginary great circle on Earth's surface equidistant from the North and South Poles, marking 0 degrees latitude.

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