{
  "id": "body.physical",
  "term": "body",
  "sense": "physical",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 10,
  "arena": "emergence",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a piece of matter that has a form and exists in space",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "matter.substance",
      "form.shape",
      "space.extent",
      "piece.portion"
    ],
    "interaction": "the substance is bounded into a distinct portion, given shape, and located in space through their interaction.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "bounded individuality",
      "spatial presence",
      "structured matter"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, maintaining structural integrity despite vacuum and radiation.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Mount Everest rises 8,848 meters above sea level, a solid mass shaped by tectonic forces.",
      "domain": "geography"
    },
    {
      "text": "Phobos, Mars's largest moon, follows an elliptical path through space, retaining its irregular shape.",
      "domain": "astronomy"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "physical.material",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "a body is a physical material"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "clothing.apparel",
    "drug.chemical",
    "face.body",
    "feel.sensory",
    "foot.body-part",
    "fur.material",
    "hand.part",
    "head.body-part",
    "heart.organ",
    "run.movement",
    "sleep.biological",
    "step.movement"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "bodies",
    "body"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "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": "definition",
      "note": "Added missing constitutive component 'piece.portion' to align with definition's reliance on 'piece'; tightened definition to avoid self-reference and better reflect emergence from components."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-body.physical"
}