{
  "id": "above.spatial",
  "term": "above",
  "sense": "spatial",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 5,
  "arena": "spatial",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "higher in space than another thing",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "high.spatial",
      "difference.relation",
      "space.extent"
    ],
    "interaction": "high.spatial and difference.relation work together within space.extent to locate one thing higher than another.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "higher relation",
      "spatial ordering"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "Mount Everest rises 8,848 meters above sea level at the peak.",
      "domain": "geography"
    },
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station orbits 400 kilometers above Earth's surface.",
      "domain": "astronomy"
    },
    {
      "text": "The drone flew 100 meters above the treetops during the forest survey.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "high.spatial",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "high.spatial"
    },
    {
      "id": "below.spatial",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "below.spatial"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "foundation.structural",
    "hill.geographic",
    "upon.spatial"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "above"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-above.spatial"
}