{
  "id": "example.temporal",
  "term": "example",
  "sense": "temporal",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 2,
  "arena": "old",
  "domain": "atemporal",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a thing that persists through time more than most things",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "previous.temporal",
      "persist.continue",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "the earlier existence together with continued persistence makes the thing have a long elapsed duration",
    "novel_properties": [
      "extended duration",
      "temporal continuity",
      "enduring presence"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Voyager 1 spacecraft has transmitted data continuously for over 45 years since its 1977 launch.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Halley's Comet returns every 76 years, observed and recorded by humans since at least 240 BCE.",
      "domain": "astronomy"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Japanese Imperial House claims unbroken lineage from Emperor Jimmu in 660 BCE, maintained through ritual and record.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "previous.temporal",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "contrasts-with"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "august.dignified"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "old"
  ],
  "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 'time.dimension' as a constitutive component since duration and persistence inherently depend on the dimension of time. The definition did not need revision."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-example.temporal"
}