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a model whose predicted range is narrow

certainty.epistemic · forms: certainty

Examples

Emergence

from: model window narrow range
through: A model with a spatially narrow range confines predictions tightly, reducing allowable variation in outcomes.

Chain to foundations

likeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.messageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitychangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasactL3 act.deed: do somethinginteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesmarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.modelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.certaintyL10 certainty.epistemic: a model whose predicted range is narrowinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesmotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.saysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getsmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built fromcertaintyL10certainty.epistemic — a model whose predicted range is narrowmodelL9model.representation — A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.windowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.narrowL5narrow.spatial — Having a small range between boundaries.rangeL3range.spatial — the space between two boundariesE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Relations

contrasts-withrisk.uncertaintywhile risk involves a wide window of possible outcomes, certainty involves a narrow one
contrasts-withdrift.aimlessa narrow window reduces space for drift, though drift may still occur
enablesmaintenance.upkeepnarrow windows require less maintenance when parameters stay within expected bounds
abstractsfeedback.communicationa narrow model may be shaped by tight feedback loops

Provenance

author: retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/we-already-had-the-words.md