{
  "id": "moderation.central",
  "term": "moderation",
  "sense": "central",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 13,
  "arena": "abstract",
  "domain": "window ontology",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "position near the centre of a parameter's window, where drift does not change what persists",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "window.range",
      "parameter.condition",
      "drift.aimless",
      "centre.location",
      "persist.continue",
      "change.process",
      "near.spatial",
      "position.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "The components together define a stable position within a parameter's range where random drift does not alter the persistence of a thing.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "central stability",
      "drift resilience",
      "persistence maintenance"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The thermostat in a NASA Apollo 13 cabin maintained 21°C despite power failure, using backup systems until re-entry.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The human body keeps blood pH at 7.4 through kidney and lung adjustments, even during intense exercise.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Federal Reserve adjusted interest rates between 2% and 3% from 2018–2019 to stabilize inflation near 2.1%.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "moderation"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/abstract-concepts-as-ranges.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "factual",
      "note": "The record was missing key concepts that the definition relies on, such as change, nearness, and spatial position. These were added to align with the definition, which was factually correct but requir"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-moderation.central"
}