# dependence (condition)

one window's walls set by another's parameters.

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: window  ·  Arena: abstract

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [sets](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sets.grouped)

**Through:** The grouped windows form a structure where one window's opening and range interact, causing its walls to be determined by parameters of another.

**Novel properties:**
- cross-window parameter dependence
- externally governed boundaries
- structural inter-window coupling

## Examples
- The International Space Station's orbit decays at about 2 km per month without reboosts from visiting spacecraft. *(engineering)*
- Neurons in the visual cortex fail to develop properly in kittens raised with one eye closed during early life. *(biology)*
- Bitcoin transactions rely on the continuous operation of globally distributed nodes to validate and record blocks. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [catch twenty two](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-catch-twenty-two.dependency) (L12)
- [ripple effect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ripple-effect.stacked) (L12)
- [snowball effect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-snowball-effect.stacked-dependency) (L19)
- [vicious cycle](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-vicious-cycle.stacked) (L16)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dependence.condition*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dependence.condition.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*