healthy · condition
Ask Prometheusinside the range of a parameter where the thing persists, and the work of keeping it there is less than the energy the thing produces.
Healthy (adjective) means: inside the range of a parameter where the thing persists, and the work of keeping it there is less than the energy the thing produces. It emerges from window, maintenance, parameter, energy: The components together regulate a parameter within a viable range by exerting maintenance effort, where persistence requires less work than the energy available. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The human body maintains blood pH around 7.4; deviations beyond 0.1 disrupt cellular function and demand corrective breathing or kidney action. biology
- The International Space Station's thermal control system keeps internal temperatures between 18°C and 27°C despite external swings from -150°C to 120°C. engineering
- The US Federal Reserve targets 2% annual inflation, adjusting interest rates to keep the economy within that range since 1990. economics
Emergence
through: The components together regulate a parameter within a viable range by exerting maintenance effort, where persistence requires less work than the energy available.
- regulatory balance
- net energy surplus
- bounded resilience
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (141 steps)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.