GLOSSARY — Field Medium Model (FM)

Definitions used throughout the Field Medium framework (Revised v1.0)

A — Core Concepts

Field Medium (FM)

A continuous, elastic physical field that fills all of space.
It can compress, stretch, store tension, carry pulses and waves, form vortices, and support stable resonances.
All physical phenomena arise from its behavior.

Stiffness (S)

Resistance of the medium to deformation or twist.
Higher stiffness → faster disturbance propagation.

Density (ρ)

Local stored energy density of the medium.
Higher density → slower propagation.

Local Wave Speed (c_local)

Speed of tension pulses in the medium:

c_local = √(S / ρ)

This is the physical origin of the measured speed of light.

B — Waves, Pulses & Propagation

Tension Pulse (Photon Pulse)

A 3D expanding bubble-like disturbance created when a vortex releases stored tension.
Carries internal orientation structure (polarization).
This is the physical identity of light.

Orientation Wave

A weaker, extended oscillation of orientation in the medium.
Can accompany tension pulses or propagate independently.

Compression Wave

A longitudinal oscillation in field density.
Carries large-scale tension shifts and mediates gravitational delay.

Interference

When waves or pulses overlap, adding or canceling based on phase.

Phase Locking

Synchronization of waves or resonances, enabling stable higher-order structures.

C — Vortices & Elementary Structure

Vortex

A rotating disturbance in FM involving organized tension, orientation, and compression flow.
The most fundamental long-lived structure the medium forms.

Stable Vortex-Resonance

A vortex that has achieved a self-sustaining balance of tension and orientation.
This is the building block of all massive particles.

Vortex Collapse

Failure of a vortex to maintain balance; it dissolves back into the medium.

Vortex Fusion

Two or more vortices merging into a higher-order resonance.

D — Particles & Material Structure

Stable Vortex-Resonance (Mass Core)

The FM replacement for “particle.”
A saturated, persistent resonance configuration.

Electron

A single-core stable vortex-resonance with a directional orientation asymmetry (negative charge).

Photon

A traveling tension pulse, not a vortex.
Created when a vortex releases stored tension; carries polarization and momentum.

Quark

A multi-core vortex-resonance with strong internal tension-locking.

Nucleon (Proton/Neutron)

A cluster of quark-resonances held together by dense internal tension fields.

Neutrino

A weak, low-tension resonance with minimal saturation and extremely low interaction cross-section.

E — Forces & Interactions

Charge

A stable orientation asymmetry inside a vortex.
Determines how vortices twist or unwind the medium around them.

Magnetic Orientation

Alignment of the medium produced by moving charges or rotating vortices.
Reveals the internal structure of FM.

Electric Gradient

A tension or density gradient caused by charge imbalance.

Spin

A stable internal rotation mode of a vortex-resonance.
Geometric, not literal spinning.

Binding

Lowering of total field tension when vortices align or merge.

F — Gravity & Motion

Field Compression

Increase in density around mass due to saturated vortex-resonances.
Slows waves and slows local process rate.

Gravity

Motion of objects into regions of lower field resistance (lower tension density).
A gradient in field parameters, not a force or curvature.

Torsional Flow (Field Drag)

Rotation of FM around spinning masses.
Produces co-rotating orbits, accretion disks and galactic spirals.

Process Rate (Time)

The oscillation speed of local vortex-resonances.
Slows when the field is compressed or stretched.

Local Measurement

All observers measure physics through their own local FM conditions.
This is why all observers measure c = c.

G — Cosmology & Large-Scale Structure

Vortex Scaling

The same vortex mechanics operate from subatomic scales to galaxy clusters.

Accretion Disk

A large-scale rotational vortex around a massive object.

Galaxy Spiral

A stable, rotating megavortex created by large-scale field flow.

Cosmic Field Relaxation

Gradual reduction in average field density over time, producing redshift without requiring expanding space.

H — Measurement & Definitions

Clock

A stable vortex-resonance oscillator; measures local process rate.

Ruler

A distance defined by equilibrium spacing of stable resonances in local FM.

Local Physics

All measured quantities depend on the immediate state of the medium.

Observer Bubble

The domain of field conditions shared by an observer and their instruments.

Summary

This glossary defines the vocabulary used throughout the FM model:

medium dynamics
wave and pulse modes
vortex behavior
resonance structures
interaction mechanisms
measurement principles
gravitational and cosmological effects

It provides the unified language behind the Field Medium framework.