# extreme (position)

A parameter whose value is near a wall, but not so near that the wall's presence dominates.

- Computed level: L12 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: window  ·  Arena: parameter

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [near](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-near.spatial), [value](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-value.worth)

**Through:** A parameter condition whose value is near a spatial wall range-end may undergo aimless drift, sustained by worth valuation that prevents dominance by proximity.

**Novel properties:**
- precarious stability
- proximity without dominance
- drift vulnerability

## Examples
- The International Space Station maintains an orbit at 400 km, close to atmospheric drag but not low enough for rapid decay. *(engineering)*
- The S&P 500 hovered near 3,000 points for weeks in August 2019, reacting sharply to small changes but not breaking past psychological resistance. *(economics)*
- Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA frequencies in modern Eurasian populations hover near 2%, detectable but not dominant. *(biology)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-extreme.position.json*  
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