The Emergence Machine

Precipitation

physical · Geography · Level 7 · E0

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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

Water falling to Earth's surface from clouds emerges from the interaction of surface, which is the outer boundary or form of an object in space, and climate, which is characterized by patterns of temperature, precipitation, and other meteorological factors.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
precipitation
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0PrecipitationClimateWeatherTemperatureAirPhysicsSurfaceForceFormObjectSubstanceActionExistenceMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesNimbusL8Precipitation RateL8Rain GaugeL8PrecipitationL7SurfaceL3ClimateL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Surface L3 (requires)
    Understanding surface is essential for grasping precipitation
  • Climate L6 (requires)
    Weather phenomenon requires climate concept

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