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the maximum load that a thing can have while its parameter stays inside the window

Capacity (noun) means: the maximum load that a thing can have while its parameter stays inside the window. It emerges from parameter, window, wall, inside: The condition of a thing changes over time, and its parameter moves within a range; when the parameter reaches the end of the window, the thing no longer persists; the capacity is the greatest load the thing can bear while still remaining within that window. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 11, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

capacity.size · forms: capacities, capacity

Examples

Emergence

from: parameter window wall inside persist time
through: The condition of a thing changes over time, and its parameter moves within a range; when the parameter reaches the end of the window, the thing no longer persists; the capacity is the greatest load the thing can bear while still remaining within that window.

Chain to foundations

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.wallL10 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.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.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.capacityL11 capacity.size: the maximum load that a thing can have while its parameter stays inside the windowtimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

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

used by — 2 more not shownbuilt fromstoreL12store.place — a place where items are kept in a bounded structure so they persist after useplate is fullL14plate-is-full.capacity — A container that can hold no further items because its boundary has been reached, though the container itself persists.abilityL19ability.capacity — a capacity to do something that results from having enough energy and a regular pattern of process.burnoutL19burnout.capacity — maintenance sustained past the rate at which the maintaining capacity is restored, until that capacity leaves its own wihealthL19health.condition — A state condition of matter that persists while its energy capacity follows a regular pattern.hotL19hot.temperature — a state where a matter has more energy capacity than usual for that kind of mattermaxed outL19maxed-out.threshold — A parameter has reached the wall of its capacity, where no further increase can be sustained and maintenance can no longpowerL19power.energy — the capacity to produce change through movement in space over timecapacityL11capacity.size — the maximum load that a thing can have while its parameter stays inside the windowparameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.windowL7window.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.insideL5inside.spatial — in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1persist.continue — To be the same through time.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.

Used by (10)

storeL12plate is fullL14abilityL19burnoutL19healthL19hotL19maxed outL19powerL19stretched thinL19surplusL19

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md