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TS Vocabulary

Careful definitions for terms used across the archive.

Claim
Evidence
Source
Confidence
Contradiction

node

A typed unit in a graph: source, claim, token, operator, metric, or artifact.

edge

A weighted relationship that carries influence, dependency, contradiction, or provenance.

activation

Temporary relevance or signal flowing through active graph regions.

tension

Measured pressure from unsatisfied constraints.

pressure

The local demand for update created by tension, activation, or contradiction.

relaxation

An update step that reduces residual pressure under current constraints.

break/evolve

A context split and structural revision when one model cannot satisfy incompatible regimes.

coherence

Constraint satisfaction with explicit limits and provenance.

provenance

Where a claim or value came from and what dependencies it carries.

contradiction

A conflict that remains after normal relaxation and should be localized, not buried.

receipt

A replayable record of claim, setup, metrics, result, limit, and artifact links.

replay

A command or procedure that lets another person reproduce the narrow result.

benchmark

A controlled comparison against an agreed task or baseline.

attractor

A stable configuration the system settles back into under update pressure.

substrate

The underlying graph/state/model logic before surface text or UI.

surface

The rendered text, interface, or story produced from substrate state.