{
  "id": "face.body",
  "term": "face",
  "sense": "body",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 16,
  "arena": "",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "the front part of a body that is a surface",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "body.physical",
      "part.relation",
      "surface.exterior",
      "front.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "the parts together create a front surface of the body",
    "novel_properties": [
      "oriented directionality",
      "distinct facial identity",
      "surface prominence"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The surface of a human head, including eyes and mouth, is bounded by skin and oriented forward during walking in Homo sapiens.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The front panel of the iPhone 14, made of Ceramic Shield, covers sensors and display while resisting scratches.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Mount Rushmore features the carved faces of four U.S. presidents in the granite of South Dakota’s Black Hills.",
      "domain": "geography"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "part.relation",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "surface.exterior",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": ""
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "face",
    "faced",
    "faces",
    "facing"
  ],
  "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 'front.spatial' to components as it is essential to the definition and was missing."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-face.body"
}