fragile · conditional

a parameter whose window is narrower than most such windows

Fragile (adjective) means: a parameter whose window is narrower than most such windows. It emerges from window, parameter, narrow: maintenance model. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 11, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The International Space Station de-orbits if its altitude isn't raised every few weeks by reboosts. engineering
• The 2008 financial crisis intensified when credit default swaps exceeded stress thresholds insurers hadn't prepared for. economics
• Africanized honeybees abandon hives if temperatures stay above 42°C for more than six hours. biology

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

Provenance