{
  "id": "notice.perceptual",
  "term": "notice",
  "sense": "perceptual",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 8,
  "arena": "notice",
  "domain": "action.deed",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "to see something and know it is there",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "see.visual",
      "know.cognitive"
    ],
    "interaction": "seeing supplies the sensory pattern while knowing evaluates it as present, together producing awareness",
    "novel_properties": [
      "awareness of presence",
      "subjective acknowledgment"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "A sentry at Hadrian's Wall spots a figure moving in the mist at 3 AM and alerts the garrison.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Mars rover Perseverance detects a white mineral vein on a rock face in Jezero Crater.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "A mother recognizes her infant's cry instantly in a crowded hospital ward.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "action.deed",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "feel.sensory",
    "red-flag.warning"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "notice",
    "noticed",
    "notices",
    "noticing"
  ],
  "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-notice.perceptual"
}