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autopoietic ADJ

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autopoietic (self-maintaining) spec

autopoietisch spec

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A canonical example of an autopoietic system is the biological cell. en.wikipedia.org

The theory presumes that, although the system as a whole is autopoietic, the components of that system may have allopoietic relations. en.wikipedia.org

An autopoietic system renews, repairs, and replicates or reproduces itself in a flow of matter and energy. en.wikipedia.org

Moreover, an autopoietic system is autonomous and operationally closed, in the sense that there are sufficient processes within it to maintain the whole. en.wikipedia.org

Autopoietic systems are structurally coupled with their medium, embedded in a dynamic of changes that can be recalled as sensory-motor coupling. en.wikipedia.org

A natural ecosystem within this concept is solar- energy powered, self-organizing and self-creating (autopoietic). en.wikipedia.org

Key concepts include reverse salients when elements of a system lag in development with respect to others, differentiation, operational closure, and autopoietic autonomy. en.wikipedia.org

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