inertia · resistance

A parameter whose window is narrower than the range of drift, so that drift does not move it.

Inertia (noun) means: A parameter whose window is narrower than the range of drift, so that drift does not move it. It emerges from parameter, window, drift, narrow: In a system subject to drift, a parameter with inertia resists change because its window is narrow relative to the drift range. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 12, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The International Space Station maintains its orbit at 400 km altitude despite atmospheric drag, requiring periodic reboosts from visiting spacecraft. engineering
• Earth's rotation has slowed by only 2.5 milliseconds per century over the last 2,000 years due to tidal friction. physics
• The U.S. Constitution’s Article V amendment process has been used only 27 times in 235 years, preserving core structures. institutions

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

Provenance