The Emergence Machine

Temperature

property · Physics · Level 4 · E1

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Emergence definition

A measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance, necessary for the production of heat.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
temperature
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0TemperaturePhysicsForceActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGreenhouseL5HeatL5Heat TransferL5IceL5SnowL5TemperatureL4MatterL1PhysicsL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Temperature is a property of matter reflecting the average kinetic energy of its particles.
  • Physics L3 (requires)
    physics is a core concept needed to understand temperature

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