{
  "id": "edition.publication",
  "term": "edition",
  "sense": "publication",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 11,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "common",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a form of a text that is a next type after a previous one",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "form.shape",
      "text.written",
      "type.category",
      "previous.temporal",
      "next.temporal",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "The text's form is arranged as a next type that follows a previous one in time.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "temporal sequence of versions",
      "distinct form in succession",
      "evolved textual instance"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The 1739 edition of Chambers's Cyclopædia expanded content from the 1728 first edition with new illustrations and updated scientific entries.",
      "domain": "publishing"
    },
    {
      "text": "Python 3.0, released in 2008, introduced breaking changes from Python 2.7, requiring code updates for compatibility.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 1966 Oxford English Dictionary supplement added new words since the 1933 edition, reflecting shifts in postwar English usage.",
      "domain": "lexicography"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "type.category",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "edition",
    "editions"
  ],
  "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": "factual",
      "note": "Added 'next.temporal' and 'time.dimension' to align components with the definition's reliance on chronological succession. Without these, 'next after previous' cannot emerge. Definition was correct bu"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-edition.publication"
}