{
  "id": "coupling.connection",
  "term": "coupling",
  "sense": "connection",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "draft",
  "level": 6,
  "domain": "physical",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "When two things are joined so each can affect the other.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "interaction.process",
      "touch.together"
    ],
    "interaction": "Interaction occurs when two things touch, and each can change the other's state over time.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "mutual influence",
      "synchronized change"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "butterfly-effect.amplification"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "coupling",
    "couplings"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-coupling.connection"
}