The Emergence Machine

Waterfall

physical · nature · Level 5 · E0

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Emergence definition

A waterfall emerges from the interaction of gravity, which causes a universal attractive force between masses, and a cliff, which is a land feature resulting from the interaction of environment and land, where a stream of water, which is a transparent, tasteless, odorless liquid composed of hydrogen and oxygen molecules, encounters a steep change in terrain elevation, forming a system where particles occupy space and interact with energy.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “waterfall” 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
waterfall
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0WaterfallWater ElementCliffGravitySystemWaterEnvironmentForceFormLandActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCascadeL6CataractL12WaterfallL5CliffL3GravityL3SystemL3Water ElementL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cliff L3 (requires)
    Stream of water falling from a height -- requires understanding of cliff
  • Gravity L3 (requires)
    Waterfalls form where flowing water encounters a steep change in terrain elevation
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    waterfall requires understanding system as a foundational concept
  • Water Element L4 (requires) nature sense
    Stream of water falling from a height -- requires understanding of water

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