# window (range)

The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: systems  ·  Arena: E13

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [range](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-range.spatial), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [outside](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outside.spatial), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation)

**Through:** 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
- The International Space Station maintains orbit between 370–460 km; beyond 460 km, atmospheric drag fades and decay accelerates. *(engineering)*
- Human neurons cease firing below 33°C or above 42°C, ending cognition though cells remain. *(biology)*
- The 2008 US dollar faced hyperinflation risk when M2 growth exceeded 10%; within 5–8%, stability persisted. *(economics)*

## Used by
- [abandonment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-abandonment.withdrawal) (L15)
- [actuality](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-actuality.state) (L9)
- [ahead of its time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ahead-of-its-time.premature) (L23)
- [alienation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-alienation.separation) (L8)
- [alive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-alive.biological) (L15)
- [ambiguity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ambiguity.state) (L11)
- [ambush](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ambush.attack) (L11)
- [ancient](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ancient.temporal) (L18)
- [at capacity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-at-capacity.threshold) (L13)
- [authenticity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-authenticity.state) (L15)
- [autonomy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-autonomy.self-governed) (L15)
- [balance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-balance.state) (L15)
- [benefit of the doubt](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-benefit-of-the-doubt.trust) (L16)
- [best practice](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-best-practice.standard) (L17)
- [birds eye view](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-birds-eye-view.abstraction) (L18)
- [blind spot](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-blind-spot.model) (L16)
- [blind](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-blind.unobserved) (L15)
- [boiling over](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boiling-over.threshold) (L19)
- [boiling the frog](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boiling-the-frog.drift) (L14)
- [bottleneck](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bottleneck.constraint) (L8)
- [brink](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-brink.edge) (L12)
- [buffer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-buffer.region) (L13)
- [burnout](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-burnout.capacity) (L19)
- [capacity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-capacity.size) (L11)
- [catch twenty two](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-catch-twenty-two.dependency) (L12)
- [certainty](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-certainty.epistemic) (L10)
- [chaos](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chaos.unpredictable-drift) (L12)
- [chokepoint](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chokepoint.bottleneck) (L11)
- [coherence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-coherence.state) (L11)
- [collapse](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collapse.failure) (L14)
- [comfort zone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-comfort-zone.named) (L15)
- [comfortable](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-comfortable.central) (L14)
- [complex](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-complex.structured) (L18)
- [complicated](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-complicated.structured) (L8)
- [confusion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-confusion.state) (L15)
- [constraint](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-constraint.limiting) (L12)
- [context](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-context.surrounding-conditions) (L11)
- [contingency](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-contingency.dependence) (L12)
- [contradiction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-contradiction.logical) (L11)
- [corruption](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-corruption.process) (L15)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*