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A parameter whose window is between the performance window and the existence window, where the thing can persist but not function as usual.

Stress (noun) means: A parameter whose window is between the performance window and the existence window, where the thing can persist but not function as usual. It emerges from parameter, window, existence, performance: The parameter's range intersects with thresholds of existence and performance, such that the thing continues to exist but deviates from its typical functional purpose. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 13, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

stress.condition · forms: stress

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Emergence

from: parameter window existence performance function persist usual
through: The parameter's range intersects with thresholds of existence and performance, such that the thing continues to exist but deviates from its typical functional purpose.

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.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.usualL2 usual.common: a thing that is regular in its occurrence over timespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowmeaningL8 meaning.significance: a pattern of knowledge that differs from a stateknowledgeL7 knowledge.cognitive: information that people have about somethingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesexistenceL8 existence.state: occupancy of a windowstructureL2 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.functionL10 function.purpose: the purpose a thing is forsizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.stressL13 stress.condition: A parameter whose window is between the performance window and the existence window, where the thing can persist but not function as usual.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.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.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingschangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outcomeL10 outcome.result: the state that follows after a changeconnectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.carryingL5 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.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryperformanceL12 performance.quality: the way an action is done that makes a resultdistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.resultsL11 results.outcome: an outcome that is the difference that follows a changecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.actionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.needL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternconditionL3 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.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placebroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.goalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statepeopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.followsL9 follows.sequential: to move after something in time with the same order as it happensothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencescontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timepurposeL9 purpose.goal: a goal that is about why a thing is donearrangementL3 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.propertyL3 property.attribute: a state that a thing has
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Neighborhood

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

built fromstressL13stress.condition — A parameter whose window is between the performance window and the existence window, where the thing can persist but notparameterL4parameter.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.existenceL8existence.state — occupancy of a windowperformanceL12performance.quality — the way an action is done that makes a resultfunctionL10function.purpose — the purpose a thing is forpersistL1persist.continue — To be the same through time.usualL2usual.common — a thing that is regular in its occurrence over time

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