The Emergence Machine

Lightning

physical · Geography · Level 11 · E1

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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

Lightning is a sudden, violent flash of electricity in the atmosphere, made visible as a bright streak across the sky because light emerges from the electrical discharge during a storm, which is a manifestation of the dynamic interaction between electricity and the atmosphere.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
lightning
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L6L4L2L1L0LightningElectricityChargeParticleFoodLightAtmosphereFieldOrganism… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeMassActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesThunderL12LightningL11AtmosphereL4LightL6ElectricityL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Atmosphere L4 (requires)
    A sudden, violent flash of electricity in the atmosphere during thunderstorms, visible as a bright streak across the sky.
  • Light L6 (requires)
    Electrical discharge during a storm -- requires understanding of light
  • Electricity L10 (requires)
    A sudden, violent flash of electricity in the atmosphere during thunderstorms, visible as a bright streak across the sky.

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