The Emergence Machine

Smoke

physical · Physics · Level 8 · E1

E1Particles

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Emergence definition

Airborne particles released during combustion, utilizing the properties of fire and air to create a visible mixture of gases and particles.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L3L2L1L0SmokeFireCombustionHeatAirOxidationPhysics… intermediate l…ForceKinetic EnergyProcessReactionActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSmokeL8AirL3FireL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Air L3 (requires) polysemous
    smoke is airborne particles released during combustion
  • Fire L7 (requires) Physics sense
    Smoke is airborne particles released during combustion