The Emergence Machine

Spark

physical · Level 8 · E1

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Emergence definition

A spark is a tiny glowing particle that carries a small burst of energy, which is the capacity to cause change or motion in a physical system, and is often thrown off from a fire, a process that requires combustion and heat.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Spark” 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0SparkFireCombustionHeat… intermediate l…ForceKinetic EnergyProcessReactionActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSparkL8FireL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Fire L7 (requires) polysemous
    A spark is a tiny glowing particle thrown off from a fire or created by friction