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regulation whose target is the window's centre

Homeostasis (noun) means: regulation whose target is the window's centre. It emerges from window, parameter, maintenance, drift: maintenance acts on parameter to resist drift toward wall, keeping value near center. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 16, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

homeostasis.regulation · forms: homeostasis

Examples

Emergence

from: window parameter maintenance drift centre regulation
through: maintenance acts on parameter to resist drift toward wall, keeping value near center

Chain to foundations

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inwallL10 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.sourceL2 source.origin: a place where a thing beginssmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingscarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingnoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingcomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.backL13 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundaryextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsmotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowpressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacerelevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theremaintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.centreL3 centre.location: the part of a space that is just between the boundariesplanL13 plan.strategic: a design that orders actions in time to reach a goalflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.sendL8 send.communication: to make a message move from one place to anotherinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarysetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberregulationL15 regulation.control: maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placedriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placejustL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutholdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movemessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitydesignL9 design.plan: a structure that orders parts for a goalothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placefeedbackL14 feedback.communication: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurredhomeostasisL16 homeostasis.regulation: regulation whose target is the window's centrespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timerangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceconnectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryquantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceactionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placereachL12 reach.spatial: to go to pointboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.goalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statelinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencestouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.scheduleL14 schedule.time: a plan that orders events by time
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built fromhomeostasisL16homeostasis.regulation — regulation whose target is the window's centrewindowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.maintenanceL14maintenance.upkeep — Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.driftL11drift.aimless — Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.centreL3centre.location — the part of a space that is just between the boundariesregulationL15regulation.control — maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule.

Relations

contrasts-witherror.mistakeerror is uncorrected difference; homeostasis corrects deviation from center

Provenance

author: retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md