# sea change (threshold)

*Ordinarily means:* a profound or fundamental transformation

the parameter that sets the thing's state drifts past its wall, causing the window to relocate and the thing to persist in a newly defined state

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: the change of state itself

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [state](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-state.condition)

**Through:** the parameter drifts beyond its wall, which forces the window to shift to a new region

**Novel properties:**
- abrupt relocation of functional window

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sea-change.threshold*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sea-change.threshold.json*  
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