{
  "id": "homeostasis.regulation",
  "term": "homeostasis",
  "sense": "regulation",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 16,
  "arena": "emergent",
  "domain": "window",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "regulation whose target is the window's centre",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "window.range",
      "parameter.condition",
      "maintenance.upkeep",
      "drift.aimless",
      "centre.location",
      "regulation.control"
    ],
    "interaction": "maintenance acts on parameter to resist drift toward wall, keeping value near center",
    "novel_properties": [
      "targeted regulation toward center",
      "feedback-driven correction",
      "dynamic centring under drift"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The human body maintains blood pH around 7.4 despite acidic or basic loads from diet and metabolism.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2020 California power grid adjusted supply in real time to keep frequency at 60 Hz during heatwave demand surges.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Federal Reserve raised interest rates seven times in 2022–2023 to curb inflation above its 2% target.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "error.mistake",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "error is uncorrected difference; homeostasis corrects deviation from center"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "homeostasis"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "windows.opening was removed as it is not constitutive; centre.location and regulation.control were added to align with the canonical definition."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-homeostasis.regulation"
}