gas · state
a substance that flows through space and remains moving
Examples
- The Sun's corona continuously emits plasma that flows outward as solar wind across the solar system. astronomy
- Steam from a ruptured boiler valve at the Fukushima Daiichi plant dispersed into the atmosphere in 2011. engineering
- Methane from thawing permafrost in Siberia rises into the air, detected by satellite monitoring since 2019. environment
Emergence
through: matter as a persistent substance moves through space via collective flow, sustained by ongoing motion.
- continuous flow
- persistent form
- distributed motion
Chain to foundations
as tree
- gasL13
- matterL1
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- motionL2
- flowL3
- persistL1
- substanceL12
- windowL7
- parameterL4
- rangeL3
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- outsideL6
- partL1 (shown above)
- driftL11
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- goL3
- makeL4
- nothingL10
- noneL9
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- amountL8
- offL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- noneL9
- wayL9
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- linksL8
- partL1 (shown above)
- connectsL7
- flowL3 (shown above)
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- broughtL6
- happenL2
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- windowL7
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | matter.substance | is-a |
| contrasts-with | fluid.liquid | contrasts-with |