The Emergence Machine

Water

physical · Chemistry · Level 3 · E3

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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.

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Emergence definition

Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless liquid composed of hydrogen and oxygen molecules, essential for all known forms of life, which is a fundamental property of substances.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
water
Origin language
English

Essential substance for life

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0WaterSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAntarcticL4AquariumL4AqueductL4AquiferL4ArcticL4WaterL3SubstanceL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Substance L2 (requires)
    Remediation: correct chain to L0

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