{
  "id": "object.entity",
  "term": "object",
  "sense": "entity",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 4,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "common",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "matter.substance",
      "boundary.limit",
      "structure.arrangement",
      "part.relation",
      "arrangement.spatial",
      "persist.continue",
      "space.extent",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "Matter occupies a place, bounded where it ends; its parts are arranged in space, forming a distinct whole that endures through time.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "enduring identity",
      "spatiotemporal unity",
      "part-whole continuity"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains orbit and function through continuous resupply and repairs since 1998.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "A maple tree grows from a seed into a 30-meter organism while keeping its structural integrity over 150 years.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) operated as a single naval vessel for 51 years before decommissioning in 2017.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "others.distinct-entities",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "accessories.fashion",
    "become.change",
    "check.verification",
    "drive.vehicle",
    "gift.present",
    "golf.sport",
    "inside.spatial",
    "material.physical",
    "need.psychological",
    "present.gift",
    "press.force",
    "section.portion",
    "smith.metalwork",
    "surroundings.environment",
    "table.furniture",
    "win.victory"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "object",
    "objected",
    "objecting",
    "objects"
  ],
  "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": "Definition was factually incomplete as originally stated—it leaned on unstated concepts like persistence, space, and time as essential to the identity of an entity. These have been added to components"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-object.entity"
}