The Emergence Machine

Snow

physical · Earth Science · Level 5 · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Snow forms when cold temperatures cause water vapor in clouds to condense and freeze, resulting in delicate ice crystals that fall to the ground.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “snow”. 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.

L9L8L7L6L4L2L1L0HazeParticleServingFoodLightCloudOrganismTemperature… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeMassActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBlizzardL6FirnL6SnowlineL8SnowL5CloudL4TemperatureL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cloud L4 (requires)
    Snow falls from clouds
  • Temperature L4 (requires)
    Snow forms at cold temperatures

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