The Emergence Machine

Gas State

physical · Chemistry · Level 6 · E3

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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 state of matter with no fixed shape, resulting from the expansion of particles due to heat, which is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “gas”. 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.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Gas StateHeatTemperatureAirPhysicsForceKinetic EnergySubstanceTransferActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesGas StateL6AirL3HeatL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • gas English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Air L3 (requires) polysemous
    Gas is a state of matter with no fixed shape
  • Heat L5 (requires)
    Gases expand when heated