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maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule.

Regulation (noun) means: maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule. It emerges from maintenance, feedback, schedule: Feedback guides ongoing upkeep, replacing time-based planning as the driver of maintenance. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

regulation.control · forms: regulation, regulations

Examples

Emergence

from: maintenance feedback schedule
through: Feedback guides ongoing upkeep, replacing time-based planning as the driver of maintenance.

Chain to foundations

changeL1 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 boundaryforceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionbroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placekeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statescheduleL12 schedule.time: a plan that orders events by timeparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbercarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.sourceL2 source.origin: a place where a thing beginssideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movebackL13 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundarywallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsrelevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingactionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.feedbackL14 feedback.communication: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurredwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsgoalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statepointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placesurfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacepersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theredifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.reachL10 reach.spatial: to go to pointsmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingplanL11 plan.strategic: a design that orders actions in time to reach a goalmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitygoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeregulationL15 regulation.control: maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timeinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarydesignL9 design.plan: a structure that orders parts for a goalsendL8 send.communication: to make a message move from one place to anotherwindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differences
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromhomeostasisL16homeostasis.regulation — regulation whose target is the window's centreregulationL15regulation.control — maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule.maintenanceL14maintenance.upkeep — Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.feedbackL14feedback.communication — information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurredscheduleL12schedule.time — a plan that orders events by time

Used by (1)

homeostasisL16

Relations

contrasts-withhomeostasis.regulationhomeostasis actively resists change; regulation allows controlled drift.
contrasts-withdrift.aimlessregulation counters drift through feedback.
enablesfeedback.communicationfeedback informs maintenance work

Provenance

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