The Emergence Machine

Stream

physical · nature · Level 5 · E0

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Emergence definition

A body of water flowing continuously in a channel on land, driven by gravity and the interaction of water and its properties.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
stream
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

L11L10L9L8L4L3L2L1L0River FormCourseKnowledgeLessonThoughtOrganismRiverRockWater ElementGravitySystemCellChannel… intermediate l…EnvironmentForceFormInformationActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBrookL6HeadwatersL6TributaryL6ConfluenceL8StreamL5GravityL3SystemL3Water ElementL4River FormL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Gravity L3 (requires)
    Streams flow due to gravity pulling water downhill across terrain
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    stream requires understanding system as a foundational concept
  • Water Element L4 (requires) nature sense
    A stream is a body of water flowing continuously in a channel on land
  • River Form L11 (requires) mutual
    SimLex 7.30 — river/stream near-synonym

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