heat · thermal
Ask Prometheuswhen energy moves into matter, the matter becomes hot
Heat (noun) means: when energy moves into matter, the matter becomes hot. It emerges from energy, matter, become, hot: energy capacity moves into matter substance, causing a change that results in higher temperature. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 20, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The Sun heats Earth's surface to an average of 15°C by radiating energy absorbed by land and oceans. astronomy
- A car engine reaches 90°C during operation as friction and combustion transfer energy to metal parts. engineering
- Lava in Kīlauea volcano rose to 1,200°C after magma transferred thermal energy to surrounding rock. geology
Emergence
through: energy capacity moves into matter substance, causing a change that results in higher temperature.
- increased thermal energy
- detectable temperature rise
- molecular motion increase
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (345 steps)
- heatL20
- energyL0
- matterL1
- becomeL5
- hotL19
- energyL0
- stateL2
- matterL1
- capacityL11
- patternL0
- potentialL18
- openL17
- boundaryL2
- spaceL0
- extentL3
- motionL2
- stateL2
- enablesL16
- spatialL13
- unoccupiedL9
- windowL7
- openL17
- usualL2
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (3)
Relations
| is-a | energy.capacity | heat is a form of energy |