{
  "id": "expectation.predicted",
  "term": "expectation",
  "sense": "predicted",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 10,
  "arena": "abstract",
  "domain": "window",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "a model's predicted range for a parameter",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "model.representation",
      "range.spatial",
      "parameter.condition"
    ],
    "interaction": "a model.representation produces a range.spatial for a parameter.condition",
    "novel_properties": [
      "predicted bounds",
      "temporal extension",
      "conditional scope"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Hubble Space Telescope's orbit decays predictably, and NASA models its re-entry within a 5-year window by 2040.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The IPCC's AR6 report projects global temperature rise between 1.4°C and 4.4°C by 2100 under current emissions scenarios.",
      "domain": "climate"
    },
    {
      "text": "Alphabet's stock price is modeled to fluctuate between $120–$160 over 18 months by JPMorgan's quantitative analysts.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "expectation",
    "expectations"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/abstract-concepts-as-ranges.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "window.range removed (not in definition); range.spatial added (constitutive of 'range' in definition); interaction updated to reflect actual components; parameter.condition retained (context for predi"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-expectation.predicted"
}