{
  "id": "active.behavioral",
  "term": "active",
  "sense": "behavioral",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 4,
  "arena": "general",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "that does act",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "act.deed",
      "motion.movement"
    ],
    "interaction": "the act and motion happen together",
    "novel_properties": [
      "purposeful motion",
      "intentional action"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station adjusts its orbit monthly to counteract atmospheric drag and maintain altitude.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Neurons in the human brain fire electrical impulses to transmit signals across synapses during decision-making.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Federal Reserve raises interest rates to slow inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "action.deed",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "a kind of action"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "active",
    "actives"
  ],
  "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-active.behavioral"
}