{
  "id": "layer.stratum",
  "term": "layer",
  "sense": "stratum",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 12,
  "arena": "emergence",
  "domain": "window",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "a set of windows sharing the same parameter and the same rate of drift",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "window.range",
      "parameter.condition",
      "drift.aimless",
      "rating.evaluation",
      "sets.grouped",
      "share.distribution"
    ],
    "interaction": "multiple windows coexist with shared substrate and drift",
    "novel_properties": [
      "uniform evaluation across a group",
      "shared drift rate within a bounded collection"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The OSI model's transport layer manages end-to-end communication in networks like TCP/IP.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "Earth's troposphere sustains weather patterns through consistent temperature gradients and atmospheric mixing.",
      "domain": "geophysics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Federal Reserve adjusts interest rates quarterly based on inflation metrics, maintaining monetary policy alignment.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "layer",
    "layers"
  ],
  "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": "components",
      "note": "Added missing constitutive components that the definition relies on: rating.evaluation (for 'same parameter' as evaluated deviation), sets.grouped (for 'set'), and share.distribution (for 'sharing'). "
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-layer.stratum"
}