{
  "id": "stable.condition",
  "term": "stable",
  "sense": "condition",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 15,
  "arena": "window",
  "domain": "parameter",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "drift returns toward the window's centre on its own",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "drift.aimless",
      "window.range",
      "centre.location",
      "return.movement",
      "toward.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "The aimless drift is redirected by the window's boundary structure and actively returns toward its central location due to the stabilizing influence inherent in the system's configuration.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "self-correction around centre",
      "bounded directional return",
      "autonomous centripetal tendency"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains altitude through periodic reboosts after orbital decay from atmospheric drag.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "A pendulum clock's bob returns to vertical after displacement, resisting external vibrations.",
      "domain": "physics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The human inner ear corrects balance disturbances, guiding posture back to upright without conscious effort.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "rhythm.temporal"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "stability",
    "stable",
    "stably"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "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 no components—all original components were relevant. Added 'return.movement', 'toward.spatial', and 'windows.opening' as they are directly leaned on in the definition and necessary for constit"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-stable.condition"
}