{
  "id": "availability.resource",
  "term": "availability",
  "sense": "resource",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 6,
  "arena": "availability",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "the state of a thing that can be accessed",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "state.condition",
      "access.entry"
    ],
    "interaction": "when a thing can be accessed, its state is available",
    "novel_properties": [
      "potential for use",
      "present readiness"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains 24/7 radio contact with Houston via TDRS satellites.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Librarians at the New York Public Library keep the 1911 Rose Main Reading Room open 10 am–6 pm Tuesday to Saturday.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "Bitcoin nodes worldwide validate transactions every 10 minutes, ensuring the blockchain remains accessible.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "available.accessible",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "access.entry",
      "note": "enables",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "availabilities",
    "availability"
  ],
  "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-availability.resource"
}