{
  "id": "slack.margin",
  "term": "slack",
  "sense": "margin",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 18,
  "arena": "general",
  "domain": "window",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "A parameter whose window is narrower than the range allowed by what persists.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "parameter.condition",
      "window.range",
      "persist.continue",
      "allow.permission",
      "narrow.spatial",
      "range.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "The condition of a persistent thing has a permitted range, but the functional window is constricted within it, creating a tighter bound than what persistence alone allows.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "constriction relative to persistence",
      "tolerance below permitted range",
      "narrowing within allowance"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The LHC maintains proton beam alignment within ±0.5mm despite thermal drift and ground motion.",
      "domain": "physics"
    },
    {
      "text": "California's 2022 water allocation allowed 30% less than historical averages due to persistent drought.",
      "domain": "economics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The ISS life support system recycles 93% of water, operating within 2°C of setpoint despite crew activity swings.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "stretched-thin.capacity"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "slack"
  ],
  "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": "Removed 'boundary.limit' and 'windows.opening' as irrelevant; added 'allow.permission', 'narrow.spatial', and 'range.spatial' as essential to the sense of constrained allowance. Kept core emergence fr"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-slack.margin"
}