The Emergence Machine

Rainbow

physical · Meteorology · Level 9 · 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

A colorful, luminous arc of light appearing in the sky, formed by the refraction and dispersion of sunlight through water droplets in the atmosphere, which requires understanding of change, rain, weather, color, and the sun as prerequisites.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
rainbow
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L5L2L1L0RainbowHazeColorParticleSensoryServingSunFoodLightNeuronAnimalPerceptionRainWeather… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeMassChangeActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesRainbowL9ChangeL1RainL5WeatherL5SunL7ColorL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    rainbow requires understanding change as a foundational concept
  • Rain L5 (requires) polysemous
    Rainbows appear when sunlight passes through rain droplets acting as prisms
  • Weather L5 (requires)
    rainbow is a weather or meteorological phenomenon.
  • Sun L7 (requires)
    Rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon caused by reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets, creating a spectrum of light.
  • Color L8 (requires)
    Arc of spectral colors caused by refraction of sunlight -- requires understanding of color