The Emergence Machine

Hot Spring

physical · Geography · Level 6 · E0

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Emergence definition

A hot spring emerges as a natural spring where water heated by geothermal energy emerges at the surface, typically warmer than the surrounding area, which is a result of the transfer of thermal energy from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature, resulting in a change in the kinetic energy of particles.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
hot spring
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Hot SpringHeatSpringTemperaturePhysicsSystemWaterForceFormKinetic EnergySeasonActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesHot SpringL6SpringL4HeatL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Spring L4 (requires) nature sense
    A natural spring where water heated by geothermal energy emerges at the surface, typically warmer than the surrounding area.
  • Heat L5 (requires)
    Thermal feature requires heat concept