{
  "id": "no-free-openings.no-openings",
  "term": "no free openings",
  "sense": "no-openings",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 18,
  "arena": "system",
  "domain": "window",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "Every parameter's range is constrained by the narrowing of a range below it, so that a new range cannot open without cost to an existing one.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "parameter.condition",
      "window.range",
      "wall.range-end",
      "narrow.spatial",
      "below.spatial",
      "cost.economic",
      "new.recent",
      "open.spatial",
      "range.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "When one parameter narrows a range, it shifts the boundary for another above it.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "interdependent range boundaries",
      "costed range emergence",
      "hierarchical parameter constraints"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In New York City, adding a new subway line requires shutting down existing lines, disrupting service for thousands daily. [transit]",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2020 California power shutoffs cut electricity to 172,000 homes to prevent wildfires from overloaded grid lines. [energy]",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "Amazon’s warehouse automation reduced open positions by 30% while increasing output, eliminating roles without expanding labor capacity. [logistics]",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/we-already-had-the-words.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "factual",
      "note": "Definition was factually incomplete — omitted essential constitutive concepts such as 'below.spatial', 'open.spatial', and 'cost.economic'. Added missing components to align record with definition's a"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-no-free-openings.no-openings"
}