The Emergence Machine

Geothermal

physical · Geography · Level 6 · E0

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Emergence definition

Geothermal relates to the internal heat of the Earth, used for energy generation and hot water systems, as a form of thermal energy transfer.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
geothermal
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0GeothermalHeatTemperaturePhysicsForceKinetic EnergyTransferActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesGeothermalL6EnergyL0HeatL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Energy L0 (requires)
    geothermal energy is a type of thermal energy
  • Heat L5 (requires)
    Thermal feature requires heat concept