The Emergence Machine

Rain

physical · Geography · Level 5 · E0

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Emergence definition

Precipitation of water droplets falling from clouds, which are collections of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, formed through the interaction of water and air, where water condenses and falls under gravitational force.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “rain”. 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.

L9L8L7L6L4L2L1L0HazeParticleServingFoodLightCloudOrganism… intermediate l…FormLifeMassMovementActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cloud L4 (requires)
    Rain forms in clouds through condensation

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