{
  "id": "regulation.control",
  "term": "regulation",
  "sense": "control",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 15,
  "arena": "systems",
  "domain": "emergence",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "maintenance driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "maintenance.upkeep",
      "feedback.communication",
      "schedule.time"
    ],
    "interaction": "Feedback guides ongoing upkeep, replacing time-based planning as the driver of maintenance.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "feedback-driven timing",
      "adaptive persistence",
      "schedule-independent control"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The human body regulates blood glucose levels using insulin and glucagon in response to measured concentrations.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Therac-25 radiation therapy machine overrode safety limits when software ignored hardware feedback signals.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Federal Reserve adjusts interest rates based on inflation and employment data from monthly reports.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "homeostasis.regulation",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "homeostasis actively resists change; regulation allows controlled drift."
    },
    {
      "id": "drift.aimless",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "regulation counters drift through feedback."
    },
    {
      "id": "feedback.communication",
      "type": "enables",
      "note": "feedback informs maintenance work"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "homeostasis.regulation"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "regulation",
    "regulations"
  ],
  "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": "Removed components not in the definition's conceptual core: 'parameter.condition', 'window.range', 'drift.aimless'. Kept only those essential to 'driven by feedback rather than by a fixed schedule'. '"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regulation.control"
}