{
  "id": "road.transport",
  "term": "road",
  "sense": "transport",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 18,
  "arena": "common",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a street that allows vehicles to move from one location to another",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "structure.arrangement",
      "matter.substance",
      "car.transport",
      "go.movement",
      "space.extent",
      "street.path",
      "allow.permission",
      "location.spatial",
      "motion.movement"
    ],
    "interaction": "the arrangement of matter forms a structured path through space that enables vehicles to travel between locations",
    "novel_properties": [
      "vehicle通行 capability",
      "directed motion infrastructure",
      "spatial connectivity for transport"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Trans-Siberian Highway connects St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, enabling truck transport across 7 time zones.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2023, Morocco's Rabat–Tangier expressway reduced travel time by 4 hours between the two cities.",
      "domain": "economics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The U.S. Interstate Highway System, established in 1956, spans over 48,000 miles of controlled-access roads.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "street.path",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "a road is a type of street"
    },
    {
      "id": "car.transport",
      "type": "medium-for",
      "note": "a road is a medium for cars"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "road",
    "roads"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "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 allow.permission, location.spatial, and motion.movement to align components with the definition's reliance on permission, spatial locations, and movement. Definition remained factually correct a"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-road.transport"
}