{
  "id": "tech.tool",
  "term": "tech",
  "sense": "tool",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 9,
  "arena": "",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "technology that is a tool",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "device.tool",
      "information.knowledge"
    ],
    "interaction": "tool and knowledge create technology",
    "novel_properties": [
      "new devices",
      "new products"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Hubble Space Telescope corrected its own imaging flaws via a 1993 astronaut servicing mission.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Linux kernel version 5.4, released in 2020, enabled widespread adoption of Wi-Fi 6 in consumer devices.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "Farmers in the Sahel use zai pits—hand-dug soil basins—to concentrate water and nutrients in arid fields.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "technology.tool",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "tech is a form of technology"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "tech",
    "techs"
  ],
  "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-tech.tool"
}