Relational Density
Relational density is the accumulated strength of relational residue across time that makes a relationship stable enough to become legible as a field.
Definition
Relational density is what emerges when residue does not disappear immediately, but gathers through repeated shared presence.
A single interaction may leave residue, but density requires recurrence. It forms when multiple bounded afterfields accumulate into a more stable continuity layer.
This does not mean the relationship becomes fixed or permanently stored. It means the relation has acquired enough carried continuity to become perceptible as an ongoing field condition.
Relational density is therefore the threshold layer between residue and field.
It answers the question: when does relation stop being only momentary remainder and begin to function as an actual field?
When density rises, relation becomes more legible, more stable, more return-shaped, and more capable of forming attractors.
Density does not preserve everything. It preserves enough.
Once relational density crosses threshold, the relationship becomes field-readable. Later, if stabilized further, it may also become softly addressable through field anchoring and chromapin logic.