---
url: >-
  https://adk.nht.io/api/@nhtio/adk/batteries/context/thrift/relevance/variables/RELEVANCE_FLOOR_CURVE.md
description: >-
  The exponent shaping how the relevance floor scales between {@link
  RELEVANCE_FLOOR_MIN} and [`RELEVANCE_FLOOR_MAX`](https://adk.nht.io/api/@nhtio/adk/batteries/context/thrift/relevance/variables/RELEVANCE_FLOOR_MAX) as window utilization
  rises from 0 to 1 (see [`scaledRelevanceFloor`](https://adk.nht.io/api/@nhtio/adk/batteries/context/thrift/relevance/functions/scaledRelevanceFloor)).
---

# Variable: RELEVANCE\_FLOOR\_CURVE

```ts
const RELEVANCE_FLOOR_CURVE: 2 = 2;
```

Defined in: [src/batteries/context/thrift/relevance.ts:71](https://github.com/NHTIO/ADK/blob/v1.20260713.1/src/src/batteries/context/thrift/relevance.ts#L71)

The exponent shaping how the relevance floor scales between [RELEVANCE\_FLOOR\_MIN](RELEVANCE_FLOOR_MIN.md) and
[RELEVANCE\_FLOOR\_MAX](RELEVANCE_FLOOR_MAX.md) as window utilization rises from 0 to 1 (see
[scaledRelevanceFloor](../functions/scaledRelevanceFloor.md)).

## Remarks

`2` — a CONVEX curve (utilization raised to this power) — was chosen deliberately over a linear
scale: it stays permissive across most of the window's life (older turns keep surviving on weak
overlap while there's room to spare) and only tightens sharply once the window is GENUINELY filling
up, rather than progressively squeezing out marginal turns from the very first token of pressure.
The convex shape is itself part of what the calibration run validated, not an arbitrary choice.