# pushing the envelope (frontier)

*Ordinarily means:* trying to go beyond the usual limits

work that presses against the wall of the current state of the art, showing where the next window will open when the wall moves

- Computed level: L18 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: category: the moving wall  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [work](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-work.effort), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [state of the art](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-state-of-the-art.frontier), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement)

**Through:** pushing

**Novel properties:**
- emergence.components
- interaction

## Examples
- The James Webb Space Telescope's first deep-field image revealed galaxies fainter and farther than any Hubble could detect. *(astronomy)*
- AlphaFold 2 predicted protein structures with accuracy rivaling experimental methods, surpassing all previous computational models. *(computing)*
- The 2020 Tesla Battery Day unveiled 4680 cells aiming to extend electric vehicle range beyond 500 miles on a single charge. *(engineering)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pushing-the-envelope.frontier*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pushing-the-envelope.frontier.json*  
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