{
  "id": "depth.level",
  "term": "depth",
  "sense": "level",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 18,
  "arena": "emergent",
  "domain": "window",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "how many parameters must have their windows open at the same time for this one to be open",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "parameter.condition",
      "window.range",
      "range.spatial",
      "open.spatial",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "The components collectively determine how many parameter ranges must be simultaneously open in time for a given state to persist.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "simultaneity requirement",
      "hierarchical dependency",
      "temporal coincidence threshold"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains orbit at 400 km altitude, requiring monthly reboosts to counter atmospheric drag.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Neural firing in the prefrontal cortex sustains working memory for up to 30 seconds, holding 7±2 items online.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "Bitcoin's blockchain depth requires six confirmations, taking about one hour, to secure a transaction against reversal.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "insight.cognitive"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "depth"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "factual",
      "note": "Definition was factually wrong — it incorrectly refers to 'windows.opening' (physical structures with glass) rather than 'window.range' being open in a spatial-temporal sense. Corrected by adding 'ope"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-depth.level"
}