{
  "id": "package.container",
  "term": "package",
  "sense": "container",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 7,
  "arena": "package",
  "domain": "na",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a container with stuff inside and a boundary",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "container.object",
      "stuff.material",
      "boundary.limit",
      "inside.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "The container holds the stuff, its boundary establishes the limit, and the inside is where the stuff resides.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "contained contents",
      "spatial inclusion",
      "bounded interior"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains life support for six people in vacuum, shielded by aluminum hull and thermal blankets.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "A sealed DNA plasmid in E. coli protects genetic code with a lipid bilayer and protein capsid.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2020 CARES Act distributed $1,200 checks to U.S. taxpayers through IRS mail and direct deposit.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "container.object",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "products.goods",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "package",
    "packaged",
    "packages",
    "packaging"
  ],
  "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": "components",
      "note": "Added missing constitutive concepts 'boundary.limit' and 'inside.spatial' to align components with the definition."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-package.container"
}