The Emergence Machine

Melt

process · Action · Level 6 · E3

E3Chemistry

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

A change from solid to liquid by heating emerges from the intersection of a solid form of water and a transfer of energy that increases the temperature, where the solid form provides the initial state and the energy transfer enables the change of state.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0MeltHeatIceTemperaturePhysicsWaterForceKinetic EnergySubstanceTransferActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesMeltL6HeatL5IceL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • melt English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Heat L5 (requires)
    Change from solid to liquid by heating -- prerequisite: heat
  • Ice L5 (requires)
    Change from solid to liquid by heating -- prerequisite: ice