The Principle of Orthogonal Compensation in Wayward Metamonism: Ontodynamic Origin of Gravity and the Fine-Structure Constant

Within the processual ontology of Wayward Metamonism, physical reality unfolds from a single ontological prohibition: the impossibility of absolute identity. In Orthogonal Dissipation (Myshko, 2026), this prohibition was shown to generate a primordial conflict of actualization resolved through orthogonal dissipation, giving rise to dimensional unfolding and physical modes. The present work extends this framework by introducing the Principle of Orthogonal Compensation, which governs the stabilization of two-node dissipative configurations embedded in global centripetal flow. It is shown that interaction between two local dissipative sources in the presence of a global 4D compression cannot reach radial equilibrium. Stability is achieved only through the emergence of a tangential degree of freedom — orbital or quantum circulation. The characteristic equilibrium radius is determined by the ratio of local 7D dissipative intensity to global 4D pressure. In gravitational systems this ratio varies with mass, producing diverse orbital scales. In atomic systems, fixed particle masses render this ratio universal, yielding the fine-structure constant α ≈ 1/137. Gravity and electromagnetism are thus interpreted as scale-dependent manifestations of a single ontodynamic mechanism. The fine-structure constant emerges not as an electromagnetic parameter but as a dimensionless coefficient of orthogonal compensation. This work completes the transition from ontological dissipation to geometric stabilization, providing a unified processual origin for gravitational orbits and atomic structure. The Principle of Orthogonal Compensation, its precise definition, and its application to the ontodynamic origin of gravitational orbits and the numerical value of the fine-structure constant α ≈ 1/137 are introduced and substantiated here for the first time.