{
  "id": "features.attribute",
  "term": "features",
  "sense": "attribute",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 5,
  "arena": "features",
  "domain": "common",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a property of a thing that makes it distinct",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "property.attribute",
      "distinct.attribute",
      "make.verb"
    ],
    "interaction": "the property and distinct are united by the act of making, resulting in a distinguishing characteristic",
    "novel_properties": [
      "distinguishing characteristic",
      "unique identifier",
      "identifying mark"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Golden Gate Bridge's orange vermilion paint prevents corrosion in salty air, a feature chosen over 70 years ago.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The human appendix is a vestigial feature present in all Homo sapiens, though its function remains debated.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "Python's list comprehensions, introduced in version 2.0, distinguish it from earlier programming languages.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "accessories.fashion",
    "style.fashion"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "feature",
    "featured",
    "features",
    "featuring"
  ],
  "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 'make.verb' as a constitutive component since the definition implies an active role in differentiation, which was missing in the original record."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-features.attribute"
}