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Work that removes parts outside the boundary of what is required, narrowing the range between what persists and what ends, mistaking the margin for waste when it was holding the window open.

Trimming the fat (noun) means: Work that removes parts outside the boundary of what is required, narrowing the range between what persists and what ends, mistaking the margin for waste when it was holding the window open. It emerges from margin, window, boundary, narrow: passive. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 18, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

trimming-the-fat.margin · forms: trim the fat, trimming the fat

ordinarily means: removing unnecessary parts to make something more efficient

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Emergence

from: margin window boundary narrow maintenance
through: passive

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.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstructureL2 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.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inwallL10 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarynearL2 near.spatial: when the space between two things is lesspersistL1 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.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryworkL3 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.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.marginL11 margin.spatial: The distance from current parameters to the nearest wall.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placetrimming the fatL18 trimming-the-fat.margin: Work that removes parts outside the boundary of what is required, narrowing the range between what persists and what ends, mistaking the margin for waste when it was holding the window open.objectL4 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 placeboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not moveothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.contactL4 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.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.currentL4 current.fluid: a flow of matter or energy through a placepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

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

built fromtrimming the fatL18trimming-the-fat.margin — Work that removes parts outside the boundary of what is required, narrowing the range between what persists and what endmarginL11margin.spatial — The distance from current parameters to the nearest wall.windowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.boundaryL2boundary.limit — The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.narrowL5narrow.spatial — Having a small range between boundaries.maintenanceL14maintenance.upkeep — Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.

Provenance

author: phrases:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.7 · source: folk phrase — margin eaten by optimization