{
  "id": "solution.answer",
  "term": "solution",
  "sense": "answer",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 10,
  "arena": "solutions",
  "domain": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a way to end a problem",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "issue.problem",
      "process.general",
      "change.process",
      "problem.obstacle",
      "way.method"
    ],
    "interaction": "the process acts on the problem to end it",
    "novel_properties": [
      "resolution outcome",
      "directed change",
      "obstacle removal"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The 1987 Montreal Protocol phased out CFCs, reducing ozone layer depletion by 20% by 2018.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Toyota Production System cut factory defects by standardizing repair workflows across supply chains.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "CRISPR-Cas9 edits DNA at precise locations, correcting genetic mutations in inherited diseases.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "outcome.result",
      "note": "",
      "type": "enables"
    },
    {
      "id": "outcome.result",
      "note": "",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "solution",
    "solutions"
  ],
  "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: change.process, problem.obstacle, and way.method, which are necessary for the definition of 'solution' as a way to end a problem. The original definition remains v"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-solution.answer"
}