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    "structure": "Regenerative feedback helix — closed loop with outward expansion per cycle. Clockwise rotation through quadrants: T1(+R,+D) → T2(+R,+C) → T3(+S,+C) → T4(+S,+D).",
    "note": "Not a pipeline. Not a simple loop. Not a vortex. A helix: T4 feeds back to T1 at expanded scale. Each cycle operates at larger scope than the last. The 2D projection of the helix appears as an expanding spiral — the third dimension is scale.",
    "terminology": "Helix preferred over spiral (avoids vortex/collapse connotation) and over loop (avoids same-point-return connotation). DNA double helix is the strongest resonance: architecture of biological regeneration and information transmission.",
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