{
  "id": "dimension.spatial",
  "term": "dimension",
  "sense": "spatial",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 10,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a size of a thing that follows a regular pattern in space",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "space.extent",
      "pattern.regularity",
      "size.measurement",
      "follows.sequential",
      "regular.frequency"
    ],
    "interaction": "Space extent and regular pattern, when combined with sequential order and repeated frequency, give rise to a measurable spatial dimension.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "extended regularity",
      "measurable sequence",
      "repeating structure in space"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station orbits Earth every 92 minutes, maintaining a consistent altitude of approximately 408 kilometers.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The wavelength of red light in a vacuum measures 650 nanometers, repeating in regular cycles across space.",
      "domain": "physics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2023 Netherlands rail timetable schedules trains on the Utrecht-Amsterdam line every 15 minutes during peak hours.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "size.measurement",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "time.dimension",
      "note": "contrasts-with",
      "type": "contrasts-with"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "hours.temporal"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "dimension",
    "dimensions"
  ],
  "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": "definition",
      "note": "The original definition implicitly relied on sequentiality and recurrence over time (via 'follows' and 'regular'), but these were missing from components. Added follows.sequential and regular.frequenc"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dimension.spatial"
}