property token a chosen word

wash cycle

also called wash program

A laundry wash program the machine offers — a token from WashCycles (cottons, synthetics, wool, quick, eco, spin only, steam, …). Multi-valued: a machine offers several. A distinct concept from a dishwasher's wash_program (its values are dishwashing intents over WashPrograms); same English phrase, different code (L10 homonym).

Wash cycle is answered with one word chosen from the wash 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.

Washing machine

answered with: ◇token — a token — a word chosen from a fixed vocabulary, shared and filterable across products.
value domain: Wash 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
washing machine	many