{
  "id": "pressure.ontological",
  "term": "pressure",
  "sense": "ontological",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 18,
  "arena": "emergent dynamics",
  "domain": "window ontology",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "the closing of a parameter's window while the existence window remains open. A deadline removes schedules, not survival, and the removal is the sensation.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "window.range",
      "wall.range-end",
      "parameter.condition",
      "drift.aimless",
      "maintenance.upkeep",
      "close.spatial",
      "existence.state",
      "open.spatial",
      "persist.continue",
      "schedule.time",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "The components interact as persistent conditions drift aimlessly toward a range-end, where maintenance resists closure while time enforces deadlines against scheduling, creating a narrowing window.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "temporal narrowing",
      "imminent closure",
      "suspended persistence"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station requires daily reboosts to counteract orbital decay from atmospheric drag.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2008, Iceland's banks collapsed when loan defaults closed liquidity windows while deposit obligations persisted.",
      "domain": "economics"
    },
    {
      "text": "Neurons maintain resting potential at -70mV despite ion leakage, consuming ATP to keep voltage-gated channels ready.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "boiling-over.threshold",
    "danger.condition"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "pressure"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "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": "definition",
      "note": "Added missing constitutive concepts from definition's semantic load. Definition retained but now fully grounded in declared components."
    },
    "restored": {
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "from": "Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md",
      "replaced": "The closing of a parameter's window while the existence window remains open. A deadline removes schedules, not survival, and the removal is the sensation."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pressure.ontological"
}