{
  "id": "easy.effort",
  "term": "easy",
  "sense": "effort",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 7,
  "arena": "easy.common",
  "domain": "effort",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a state that requires little work",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "state.condition",
      "work.effort",
      "little.size",
      "required.obligation"
    ],
    "interaction": "When a condition obligates only a small degree of effort, the state is perceived as easy.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "low demand",
      "perceived simplicity",
      "minimal exertion required"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains orbit with minimal fuel adjustments due to Earth's stable gravity well.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "A superconductor expels magnetic fields below its critical temperature without energy input.",
      "domain": "physics"
    },
    {
      "text": "Cicadas emerge every 17 years with no parental care, relying on sheer numbers for survival.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "state.condition",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "hard.difficulty",
      "note": "contrasts-with",
      "type": "contrasts-with"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "simple.effort",
    "trap.undesirable"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "easier",
    "easiest",
    "easily",
    "easy"
  ],
  "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 'little.size' and 'required.obligation' to reflect the full conceptual structure implied in the original definition. Definition remained accurate and concise."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-easy.effort"
}