inertia · resistance
A parameter whose window is narrower than the range of drift, so that drift does not move it.
Examples
- The International Space Station maintains its orbit at 400 km altitude despite atmospheric drag, requiring periodic reboosts from visiting spacecraft. engineering
- Earth's rotation has slowed by only 2.5 milliseconds per century over the last 2,000 years due to tidal friction. physics
- The U.S. Constitution’s Article V amendment process has been used only 27 times in 235 years, preserving core structures. institutions
Emergence
through: In a system subject to drift, a parameter with inertia resists change because its window is narrow relative to the drift range.
- resistance to change
- stability under drift
Chain to foundations
as tree
- inertiaL12
- parameterL4
- windowL7
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- rangeL3
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- outsideL6
- partL1 (shown above)
- driftL11
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- goL3
- makeL4
- nothingL10
- noneL9
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- amountL8
- offL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- noneL9
- wayL9
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- linksL8
- partL1 (shown above)
- connectsL7
- flowL3
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- broughtL6
- happenL2
- narrowL5
- rangeL3 (shown above)
- motionL2 (shown above)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.