property token a chosen word

dry cycle

also called drying program

A drying program the dryer offers — a token from DryCycles (cottons, synthetics, timed, cupboard dry, iron dry, …). Multi-valued: a dryer offers several. A distinct concept from a washing machine's wash_cycle (these are drying programs over DryCycles, a different operation); same fabric names, different code.

Dry cycle is answered with one word chosen from the dry cycles list — the same word shared across every product that uses it.

It belongs to measurement — its measurable, physical facts.

asked by the kinds that answer it

2 kinds answer it, each for any number of values. The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.

answered with: ◇token — a token — a word chosen from a fixed vocabulary, shared and filterable across products.
value domain: Dry cycles — the vocabulary its answers are drawn from.
concern: Measurement — the facet of a product it belongs to.

asked by kinds that answer it

The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.

kind	how many
clothes dryer	many
washer-dryer	many