The Emergence Machine

Evaporation

physical · Meteorology · Level 6 · E0

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Emergence definition

Evaporation is a transformation of state or condition from one to another, driven by energy and occurring over a sequence of events, where the dynamic state of the atmosphere plays a crucial role.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
evaporation
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0EvaporationWeatherTemperatureAirPhysicsForceSubstanceActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesHydrological CycleL7Precipitation MetL7Water CycleL7ReducingL8EvaporationL6ChangeL1WeatherL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    evaporation requires understanding change as a foundational concept
  • Weather L5 (requires)
    evaporation is a weather or meteorological phenomenon.

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