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  "id": "tough.resilient",
  "term": "tough",
  "sense": "resilient",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 17,
  "arena": "engineering",
  "domain": "window",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "a parameter whose window is wide but has poor performance across most of its range, where persistence is maintained through reduced quality",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "window.range",
      "parameter.condition",
      "drift.aimless",
      "performance.quality",
      "maintenance.upkeep",
      "persistence.endurance",
      "quality.value",
      "range.spatial",
      "wide.spatial",
      "across.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "The components together describe a parameter’s broad tolerance for change, where persistence occurs despite low-quality outcomes across much of its span due to passive endurance rather than active control.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "wide tolerance with low performance",
      "persistence through diminished quality",
      "endurance amid spatial drift"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains orbit between 370–460 km despite constant atmospheric drag requiring reboosts.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The US power grid operates across a wide frequency range but suffers chronic instability and regional blackouts.",
      "domain": "infrastructure"
    },
    {
      "text": "Sahara Desert camel caravans persist for weeks with minimal water, covering vast distances at reduced speed.",
      "domain": "transport"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "tough",
    "tougher",
    "toughest",
    "toughly"
  ],
  "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": "components",
      "note": "windows.open游戏副本"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tough.resilient"
}