From ancient Greek: the sky between night and day, neither one nor the other, a third state equally true. Metaphor of transition without resolution.
Related concepts
→ Phase transitionMoment when a complex system crosses a qualitative threshold — discontinuous transformation through continuous parameter change.open the card → → TransitShort, dated, unrevised text — a documented moment of passage. A thought in the process of forming.open the card → → Third thingEntity neither 'simple tool' nor 'conscious like a human' — something for which we do not yet have adequate vocabulary.open the card →
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