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physical environment

nounverified· unreviewed·updated Oct 6, 2026

The physical external surrounding and conditions in which something exists.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Environment100%manual reviewI-071.physical_split
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Physical became Facility; its devices went to Asset (Dorian, 2026-10-06; cki DESIGN.md I-071)

Sensitivity

—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Information Class

—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Variants

plural
physical environments
possessive
physical environment's
pluralpossessive
physical environments'