# Variant Slot

> A facility that narrows a subject to one facet, occupying the segment between subject and concern and present only on collision or facet ambiguity.

Record: `lex:variant-slot`
Kind: mechanism
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-variant-slot

## category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## referenced-by

- [Positional Slot Resolution](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/positional-slot-resolution.md)
- [Sideways Overflow](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/sideways-overflow.md)