{
  "id": "calendar.tool",
  "term": "calendar",
  "sense": "tool",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 14,
  "arena": "calendar",
  "domain": "daily",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "an organized list that puts each day into a position within a repeating sequence of months, ordering them by regular intervals",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "list.ordered",
      "period.temporal",
      "regular.frequency",
      "date.social",
      "month.temporal",
      "days.temporal",
      "order.arrangement",
      "organized.structure",
      "put.placement",
      "space.extent",
      "position.spatial",
      "repeats.action"
    ],
    "interaction": "the components work together to arrange days in a fixed repeating structure, enabling tracking of time through consistent positions in months",
    "novel_properties": [
      "repeating monthly cycle",
      "fixed day positioning",
      "temporal reference frame"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Gregorian calendar was adopted in 1582 by Catholic countries to correct seasonal drift in the Julian system.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "Linux kernel developers use a time-based release calendar with new versions every two to three months.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Mayan Long Count calendar tracks days in cycles, with a major cycle ending on December 21, 2012.",
      "domain": "history"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "structure.arrangement",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "date.social",
      "note": "enables",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "calendar",
    "calendars"
  ],
  "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 'position.spatial' and 'repeats.action' to components to align with definition's reliance on spatial-like positioning and repetition. Definition was correct but record was incomplete."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-calendar.tool"
}