{
  "id": "ground.level",
  "term": "ground",
  "sense": "level",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 11,
  "arena": "emergent-levels",
  "domain": "abstract-concepts-as-ranges",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "a parameter whose window is narrower than the windows of other parameters it sets, and whose value determines the walls for those others",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "parameter.condition",
      "window.range",
      "wall.range-end",
      "narrow.spatial",
      "others.distinct-entities",
      "sets.grouped",
      "value.worth"
    ],
    "interaction": "The condition of a grouped set of distinct entities is maintained within bounds determined by a narrow range; the value of this range sets the walls for the ranges of the others in the set.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "hierarchical constraint",
      "value-determined boundary",
      "asymmetric range limitation"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The 5-volt regulation in a USB port sets voltage limits for connected devices, failing above 5.25V.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In a neuron, the resting membrane potential of -70mV gates ion channel behavior during signal transmission.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2008 financial crisis reset the floor for credit default swaps, altering risk thresholds across derivatives markets.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "ivory-tower.detachment"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "ground"
  ],
  "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": "definition",
      "note": "Added 'others.distinct-entities', 'sets.grouped', and 'value.worth' to components since the definition implicitly depends on them. Kept definition unchanged as it accurately reflects the emergent stru"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ground.level"
}