The Emergence Machine

Gravitational Wave

abstract · Astronomy · Level 4 · E0

E0Spacetime

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Emergence definition

Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime produced by the acceleration of massive objects, propagating through space as oscillations in the gravitational field, which is a manifestation of the interaction between masses.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
gravitational wave
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0Gravitational WaveGravityForceMassActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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thisprerequisitesGravitational WaveL4SpaceL0GravityL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Space L0 (requires)
    Space is a prerequisite for gravitational waves.
  • Gravity L3 (requires)
    Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime caused by accelerating massive objects.