The Emergence Machine

Well Water

physical · General · Level 4 · 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

A well is a structured hole dug into the land to access water, which is a substance that occupies space and has physical properties.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0Well WaterEarthWaterLandProcessSubstanceActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesWell WaterL4LandL2EarthL3WaterL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • well English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Land L2 (requires)
    A well is a structured hole dug into the land
  • Earth L3 (requires)
    Deep hole dug to access underground water -- prerequisite: earth
  • Water L3 (requires) polysemous
    Deep hole dug to access underground water -- prerequisite: water