{
  "id": "points.location",
  "term": "points",
  "sense": "location",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 2,
  "arena": "points",
  "domain": "common",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a part that is at a place",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "part.relation",
      "space.extent"
    ],
    "interaction": "the part occupies the place, creating a distinct location",
    "novel_properties": [
      "zero extent",
      "precise location",
      "distinct identity"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "Mount Everest's summit stays fixed at 29,032 feet above sea level despite continental drift moving the plate beneath it.",
      "domain": "geology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains its position at 400 km altitude through periodic reboosts from attached thrusters.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Greenwich Observatory in London defines the prime meridian, a fixed point used for global timekeeping since 1884.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "others.distinct-entities",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "address.location",
    "direction.spatial",
    "factor-of-safety.margin",
    "guide.person",
    "index.reference",
    "line.geometric",
    "located.spatial",
    "location.spatial",
    "look.visual",
    "position.spatial",
    "reach.spatial"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "point",
    "pointed",
    "pointing",
    "points"
  ],
  "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-points.location"
}