{
  "id": "round.shape",
  "term": "round",
  "sense": "shape",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 14,
  "arena": "lexicon",
  "domain": "round",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a thing whose boundary is the same distance from its center in every direction",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "boundary.limit",
      "center.location",
      "space.extent",
      "direction.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "the center and directions define reference points from which the boundary maintains a constant distance in all directions",
    "novel_properties": [
      "constant radial distance",
      "symmetry around center",
      "uniform curvature"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Earth's equatorial bulge makes its equatorial diameter 43 kilometers greater than its polar diameter, yet it remains approximately round due to gravity.",
      "domain": "astronomy"
    },
    {
      "text": "A soap bubble in still air forms a nearly perfect sphere, minimizing surface tension across its boundary.",
      "domain": "physics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Pantheon's dome in Rome maintains a round interior space, defined by its coffered concrete curvature converging at a central oculus.",
      "domain": "architecture"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "flat.commonsurfacegeometry",
      "note": "contrasts-with",
      "type": "contrasts-with"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "wheel.tool"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "round",
    "rounds"
  ],
  "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": "definition",
      "note": "Added missing constitutive concepts: 'direction.spatial' and 'space.extent'. Aligned definition to rely only on declared components. Removed self-reference and circularity. Ensured interaction explain"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-round.shape"
}