{
  "id": "control.ability",
  "term": "control",
  "sense": "ability",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 4,
  "arena": "emergence",
  "domain": "abstract",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "pattern.regularity",
      "time.dimension",
      "boundary.limit",
      "others.distinct-entities",
      "change.process",
      "persist.continue",
      "sets.grouped"
    ],
    "interaction": "A persistent pattern acts through time to constrain the possible changes in others.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "constraining agency",
      "enduring influence",
      "structured limitation"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains its orbit with periodic reboosts to counter atmospheric drag.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Federal Reserve adjusts interest rates to modulate inflation in the U.S. economy.",
      "domain": "economics"
    },
    {
      "text": "DNA repair enzymes correct mutations to preserve genetic integrity across cell divisions.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "carrying.transporting",
      "type": "medium-for",
      "note": "control enables carrying"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "access.entry",
    "carrying.transporting",
    "copyright.legal",
    "director.leadership",
    "drive.vehicle",
    "executive.role",
    "free.unconstrained",
    "governance.administrative",
    "head.body-part",
    "keep.maintenance",
    "king.monarch",
    "let.permission",
    "management.administrative",
    "manager.administrative",
    "policy.governance",
    "president.political",
    "responsible.moral",
    "rules.social",
    "training.skill",
    "use.application"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "control",
    "controls"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Missing constitutive concepts (persist.continue, change.process, sets.grouped) added to components to align with definition."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability"
}