{
  "id": "east.spatial",
  "term": "east",
  "sense": "spatial",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 16,
  "arena": "east.direction",
  "domain": "direction.spatial",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "the direction that is different from west",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "direction.spatial",
      "west.direction",
      "difference.relation"
    ],
    "interaction": "when a direction is different from west and that direction is east",
    "novel_properties": [
      "opposite orientation",
      "unique directional label"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "At noon in Cairo, the sun rises in the east, casting a shadow toward the west along the Nile.",
      "domain": "geography"
    },
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, always moving eastward to gain orbital velocity from Earth's rotation.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Tokyo Tower broadcasts TV signals eastward across the Kanto Plain, ensuring coverage distinct from transmissions toward Nagoya.",
      "domain": "technology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "east",
    "easts"
  ],
  "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-east.spatial"
}