The Emergence Machine

Rainforest

physical · Earth Science · Level 3 · E7

E7Ecosystems

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

The concept of rainforest emerges from the understanding of land as a spatial extent of solid ground that occupies space and has physical properties, and the application of scientific reasoning and knowledge to this understanding, resulting in a complex ecosystem involving geological processes, landforms, or planetary systems.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
rainforest
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0GeologyRockRainforestMineralFormLandScience ConceptStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 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.

  • Land L2 (requires)
    To understand rainforest, one must first understand land as a fundamental concept.
  • Science Concept L2 (requires)
    An Earth science concept relating to rainforest, involving geological processes, landforms, or planetary systems.
  • Geology L5 (requires) mutual
    rainforest is an earth science concept.