{
  "id": "display.visual",
  "term": "display",
  "sense": "visual",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 10,
  "arena": "display",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A surface arrangement of matter that shows a visual form.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "surface.exterior",
      "arrangement.spatial",
      "matter.substance",
      "visual.perceptual",
      "form.shape",
      "show.visual"
    ],
    "interaction": "The surface arrangement of matter shows a visual form.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "visible configuration",
      "perceptible shape",
      "structured visibility"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The periodic table layout arranges elements by atomic number and electron configuration, as displayed on classroom walls worldwide.",
      "domain": "education"
    },
    {
      "text": "The aurora borealis forms shimmering green curtains in the sky when solar particles excite atmospheric gases over Svalbard.",
      "domain": "geophysics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Times Square billboards in New York show rotating advertisements using LED arrays updated in real time.",
      "domain": "urban technology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "products.goods",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "visual.perceptual",
      "note": "medium-for",
      "type": "medium-for"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "screen.visual",
    "watch.tool"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "display",
    "displayed",
    "displaying",
    "displays"
  ],
  "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": "components",
      "note": "Added form.shape and show.visual to components to align with definition's reliance on visual form and showing."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-display.visual"
}