The Emergence Machine

Seafloor

abstract · Marine Science · Level 8 · E4

E4Complex Molecules

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 network of submarine features including ridges, trenches, and plains that form the ocean bottom.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
seafloor
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0SeafloorBottomTopDirectionGeologyMarineOpposite… intermediate l…EnvironmentForceFormInformationActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesSea CucumberL9FlounderL10SeafloorL8EnvironmentL2MarineL5BottomL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) environment sense
    seafloor builds on the concept of environment
  • Marine L5 (requires)
    seafloor builds on the concept of marine
  • Bottom L7 (requires)
    The network of submarine features including ridges, trenches, and plains that form the ocean bottom.

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