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The degradation of output that occurs when a parameter is near the wall of its window, indicating how narrow the current range is compared to what the thing can persist within.

strain.measurable-degradation · forms: strain, strained, straining, strains

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Emergence

from: window wall parameter narrow drift near range compare persist occurs current
through: The components interact to produce strain as a measurable degradation: when a parameter conditioned by a current drifts near the wall of its persistence window, the narrowness of the current range relative to the full range enables comparison that yields degradation.

Chain to foundations

likeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.strainL12 strain.measurable-degradation: The degradation of output that occurs when a parameter is near the wall of its window, indicating how narrow the current range is compared to what the thing can persist within.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingcompareL9 compare.relation: to be a relation that identifies where two things differ or are alikegoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.currentL4 current.fluid: a flow of matter or energy through a placecarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is thereoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarycontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.nearL2 near.spatial: when the space between two things is lessentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesnoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewallL10 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacequantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingspersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.relationL8 relation.association: when two or more entities connect each otherspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timetouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingsmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt fromholding it togetherL15holding-it-together.upkeep — Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window when drift is already pressing on multiple boundaries, and tband aidL16band-aid.upkeep — maintenance that holds a thing inside its window by covering a rupture, but does not repair the boundary or stop the strstrainL12strain.measurable-degradation — The degradation of output that occurs when a parameter is near the wall of its window, indicating how narrow the currentwindowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.wallL10wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.parameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.narrowL5narrow.spatial — Having a small range between boundaries.driftL11drift.aimless — Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.nearL2near.spatial — when the space between two things is lessrangeL3range.spatial — the space between two boundariescompareL9compare.relation — to be a relation that identifies where two things differ or are alikeE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (2)

holding it togetherL15band aidL16

Relations

contrasts-withnarrow.spatialstrain increases as the active range nears a wall; narrow describes a permanently small window
medium-fordrift.aimlessdrift can push a parameter into strain
contrasts-withmaintenance.upkeepmaintenance prevents strain; strain indicates failed maintenance

Provenance

author: retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md