{
  "id": "health.condition",
  "term": "health",
  "sense": "condition",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 19,
  "arena": "emergence",
  "domain": "health",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A state condition of matter that persists while its energy capacity follows a regular pattern.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "state.condition",
      "matter.substance",
      "energy.capacity",
      "pattern.regularity",
      "capacity.size",
      "condition.state",
      "follows.sequential",
      "persist.continue",
      "regular.frequency",
      "time.dimension",
      "potential.capacity"
    ],
    "interaction": "The matter’s condition persists while its energy capacity follows a regular pattern, creating a sustained condition.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "sustained dynamical stability",
      "bounded energy rhythm",
      "persistent functional equilibrium"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The human body maintains homeostasis by regulating temperature around 37°C despite external fluctuations.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station sustains life-support systems continuously while orbiting Earth every 90 minutes.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The U.S. Constitution has functioned as a governing framework since 1789, adapting through amendments and interpretations.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "state.condition",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "medical.health",
    "well.health"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "health",
    "healths"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added 'potential.capacity' (L21) as a constitutive component since the definition hinges on an open window of capacity—implied by 'regular pattern' of energy—where the system remains within viable bou"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-health.condition"
}