{
  "id": "access.entry",
  "term": "access",
  "sense": "entry",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 5,
  "arena": "access",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "the control of coming to a place",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "space.extent",
      "control.ability",
      "boundary.limit",
      "come.arrive"
    ],
    "interaction": "control.ability sets boundaries on when and how coming through a boundary into a place is permitted, using space.extent as the domain.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "regulated entry",
      "controlled access point",
      "permissioned crossing"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station requires coded electronic keys to open airlocks between modules.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2023, the US government restricted access to CHIPS Act funds for companies using Huawei equipment.",
      "domain": "economics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Hadley cell limits tropical moisture from reaching the Sahara, maintaining its arid boundary.",
      "domain": "physics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "use.application",
      "note": "enables",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "availability.resource",
    "browser.software",
    "gut-feeling.trust",
    "library.information",
    "login.digital",
    "password.security"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "access",
    "accessed",
    "accesses",
    "accessing"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added 'come.arrive' to components since the definition explicitly involves motion into a place, which was missing in the original components. Definition remains correct and unchanged per rule preferen"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-access.entry"
}