{
  "id": "operating.active",
  "term": "operating",
  "sense": "active",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 6,
  "arena": "standard",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a device that does work",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "device.tool",
      "work.effort"
    ],
    "interaction": "the device uses energy to move something, which is work",
    "novel_properties": [
      "continuous activity",
      "functionality"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station generates power and moves via gyroscopes while orbiting Earth every 90 minutes.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "A beehive's comb structure supports larval development and honey storage through continuous worker activity.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Large Hadron Collider accelerates protons to 99.999999% of light speed during experimental runs.",
      "domain": "physics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "active.behavioral",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "operating things are active"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "operate",
    "operated",
    "operates",
    "operating"
  ],
  "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-operating.active"
}