{
  "id": "window.range",
  "term": "window",
  "sense": "range",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "published",
  "level": 7,
  "arena": "E13",
  "domain": "systems",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "parameter.condition",
      "range.spatial",
      "boundary.limit",
      "persist.continue",
      "change.process",
      "outside.spatial",
      "part.relation"
    ],
    "interaction": "The persistence of a thing depends on a changing parameter staying within spatial boundaries, where going outside ends the thing but not its parts, and this contrast is expressed through the conjunction 'though'.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "conditional persistence",
      "boundary-dependent existence",
      "partial survival beyond range"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains orbit between 370–460 km; beyond 460 km, atmospheric drag fades and decay accelerates.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Human neurons cease firing below 33°C or above 42°C, ending cognition though cells remain.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2008 US dollar faced hyperinflation risk when M2 growth exceeded 10%; within 5–8%, stability persisted.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "boundary.limit",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "a window is a boundary drawn in condition-space rather than in physical space"
    }
  ],
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    "crossed-the-line.threshold",
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    "cutting-corners.margin",
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    "over-the-edge.threshold",
    "overdue.temporal",
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    "trimming-the-fat.margin",
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    "wall.range-end",
    "waste.output",
    "weight.physical",
    "where-the-rubber-meets-the-road.threshold",
    "window-exit-versus-removed-part.distinction"
  ],
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    "window",
    "windows"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "hand",
    "date": "2026-07-31",
    "confidence": 1.0,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/nothing-was-removed.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "This JSON intentionally includes only the fields specified by the task. The 'note' field is for explanation and will not be part of the final record."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range"
}