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The principle that ad hoc constructions exist on a spectrum between absolute and relative, with infinite gradations and multiple dimensions. Under this law, no ad hoc is purely absolute or purely relative—each occupies a position in spectral space defined by its generality, its durability, its context-dependence, its transferability. Some ad hocs are nearly absolute (the fix that works in many situations), some nearly relative (the one-off that never repeats), most somewhere in between. The law of the spectral ad hocs recognizes that ad hoc is not a binary category but a continuous field, with every temporary solution located somewhere on the spectrum of permanence.
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