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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 20, 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

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.messageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entityflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.feedbackL17 feedback.communication: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurrednothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingsizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inkeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placesourceL2 source.origin: a place where a thing beginscontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.wallL14 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is thereplanL17 plan.strategic: a design that orders actions in time to reach a goalneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectcarryingL5 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.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.relevanceL15 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallcontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.setsL3 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.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbermotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.sendL8 send.communication: to make a message move from one place to anotherhomeostasisL20 homeostasis.regulation: regulation whose target is the window's centrechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryorderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.backL16 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundaryquantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placerangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesregulationL19 regulation.control: maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placeothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timenarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.goalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statereachL16 reach.spatial: to go to pointmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencessmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsdriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.actionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsjustL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacehappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarycomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacescheduleL18 schedule.time: a plan that orders events by timecentreL3 centre.location: the part of a space that is just between the boundariesdesignL9 design.plan: a structure that orders parts for a goalsideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingnumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter has
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Neighborhood

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

built fromhomeostasisL20homeostasis.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 boundariesregulationL19regulation.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