The Emergence Machine

Latitude

physical · Geography · Level 7 · E0

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Emergence definition

Latitude emerges as the distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees from 0 at the equator to 90 at the poles, where the equator is a measurement line dividing the earth, equidistant from the North and South Poles, marking 0 degrees latitude, and a unit of measurement that quantifies the magnitude of a change in a spatial dimension, often used to describe angles or rotations, which is degree.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
latitude
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0LatitudeDegreeAngleEquatorGeometryLineNumberPoleBuildingEarthMathematical Str…MeasureFormLocationMeasurementOperationActionChangeMatterPositionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCoordinateL8SnowlineL8TropicL8LatitudeL7EquatorL5DegreeL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Equator L5 (requires)
    The distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees from 0 at the equator to 90 at the poles.
  • Degree L6 (requires)
    The distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees from 0 at the equator to 90 at the poles.

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