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Regulation

Canonical Glossary | Foundations | Created: 23 June 2026 | Revised: 23 June 2026
🔒 Canonically locked since 23 June 2026 ยท Revised 23 June 2026.
Definition
Regulation is the modification of system activity in ways that maintain, restore, or reorganise viability-relevant conditions. In APS, regulation is not simply control or response but the ongoing adjustment of activity through which living systems sustain organised persistence despite internal and external change.
In Brief

Regulation is the maintenance of viability through adaptive adjustment.

See Also

  • Biological Agency
  • Viability
  • Persistence
  • Adaptation
  • Development

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