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concept:roughness-transformationRoughness Transformation
A transformation that introduces intentional irregularity so that repeating centers fit without forcing overall regularity, essential for wholeness.
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- Roughnessassociated_withrelated_toThe property that living things have a certain ease and morphological roughness which is an essential structural feature, not an accident; the seemingly rough arrangement is more precise because it comes from careful guarding of essential centers, requiring egolessness and abandon
- Chapter 2 of Volume 2 of The Nature of Order, introducing structure-preserving transformations as the mechanism by which living structure arises naturally through unfolding wholeness.
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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- Another term for a structure-preserving transformation, one which preserves structure and wholeness without abrupt disruption.
- A transformation that develops a thick boundary zone around a zone to intensify its coherence.
- A transformation that sharpens and increases the distinction between two types of centers, creating stronger polarity.
- A transformation that applies similar angles, shapes, and procedures to different centers, creating family resemblance and deep unity.
- A structure-preserving transformation: using gradual change across space to soften and intensify transitions.
- A transformation that introduces intermediate-sized centers to fill out the hierarchy of scales, strengthening larger centers.
- A transformation that removes unwanted centers and unnecessary complexity throughout the structure, leaving only essential centers.