{
  "id": "global.geographic",
  "term": "global",
  "sense": "geographic",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 5,
  "arena": "common usage",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "it is about all world",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "world.place",
      "space.extent"
    ],
    "interaction": "world.place and space.extent together specify the entire earth, giving a sense of worldwide coverage.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "worldwide scope",
      "applies everywhere",
      "covers all places"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, maintaining continuous global coverage for experiments and observations.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2008 financial crisis spread to over 150 countries through interconnected banking systems and trade networks.",
      "domain": "economics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The World Health Organization coordinated the global rollout of polio vaccines, reaching 122 countries by 1960.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "general.broad",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "global is a kind of broad concept"
    },
    {
      "id": "local.spatial",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "global contrasts with local"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "global",
    "globals"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-global.geographic"
}