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feedback arriving within the window but too late for the correction to land before the next drift.

Lag (noun) means: feedback arriving within the window but too late for the correction to land before the next drift. It emerges from window, drift, feedback, parameter: The interaction of feedback, drift, temporal sequencing, a persistence window, and the notion of corrective arrival upon a parameter state enables feedback to arrive too late for correction before the next drift. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 18, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

lag.temporal · forms: lag, lagged, lagging, lags

Examples

Emergence

from: window drift feedback parameter late next time land
through: The interaction of feedback, drift, temporal sequencing, a persistence window, and the notion of corrective arrival upon a parameter state enables feedback to arrive too late for correction before the next drift.

Chain to foundations

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingslateL3 late.temporal: after previous usual timedriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.previousL1 previous.temporal: a thing that is before now in timeinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesfollowsL9 follows.sequential: to move after something in time with the same order as it happensrelevanceL15 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entityboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.feedbackL17 feedback.communication: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurreddifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.usualL2 usual.common: a thing that is regular in its occurrence over timestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingssendL8 send.communication: to make a message move from one place to anotherconnectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.areaL5 area.spatial: the extent of space that is surrounded by boundariessizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is ingoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placenothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.surroundedL4 surrounded.enclosed: A thing is in a space where boundaries are on all sides around it.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.landL10 land.geography: matter together with a boundary forms an area of surfaceorderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarysourceL2 source.origin: a place where a thing beginscontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.lagL18 lag.temporal: feedback arriving within the window but too late for the correction to land before the next drift.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.backL16 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundarywallL14 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsquantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceconditionL3 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.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is thereoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.formL9 form.shape: The shape of the window, as opposed to whatever is occupying it.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariescarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.nextL10 next.temporal: the thing that follows now in timeputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.
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Neighborhood

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

built fromlagL18lag.temporal — feedback arriving within the window but too late for the correction to land before the next drift.windowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.driftL11drift.aimless — Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.feedbackL17feedback.communication — information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurredparameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.lateL3late.temporal — after previous usual timenextL10next.temporal — the thing that follows now in timetimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.landL10land.geography — matter together with a boundary forms an area of surface

Relations

abstractsmaintenance.upkeepmaintenance must account for lag to preserve parameters in window
contrasts-withdrift.aimlessdrift occurs regardless of feedback; lag is about timing of corrective feedback
abstractsbuffer.regionlag determines minimum necessary buffer size
abstractserror.mistakeuncorrected error accumulates when feedback lags

Provenance

author: retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md