{
  "id": "safety.security",
  "term": "safety",
  "sense": "security",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 15,
  "arena": "safety",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "Distance from a wall, bought by narrowing the range of parameters permitted.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "window.range",
      "wall.range-end",
      "parameter.condition",
      "narrow.spatial",
      "maintenance.upkeep",
      "buy.economic",
      "range.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "Maintenance narrows the permitted parameter range, buying distance from the wall by keeping conditions within a tighter window.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "acquired buffer zone",
      "costly stability",
      "constrained resilience"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack forced a 5-day shutdown despite backup protocols, exposing critical infrastructure fragility.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Singapore maintains strict public housing policies, limiting foreign ownership to preserve social stability and control urban density.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station orbits at 400 km altitude, a carefully maintained range to avoid atmospheric drag and debris.",
      "domain": "physics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "security.safety",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "help.assistance",
      "note": "enables",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "safety"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Removed no components; added 'buy.economic' and 'range.spatial' to align record with the canonical definition. All listed components are constitutive: 'range.spatial' enables 'narrow.spatial' and 'win"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-safety.security"
}