{
  "id": "technology.tool",
  "term": "technology",
  "sense": "tool",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 8,
  "arena": "technology",
  "domain": "",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a set of devices and processes that use knowledge to change matter",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "device.tool",
      "knowledge.cognitive",
      "change.process",
      "matter.substance",
      "process.general",
      "sets.grouped",
      "use.application"
    ],
    "interaction": "the devices use knowledge in processes to change matter",
    "novel_properties": [
      "applied functionality",
      "systematic transformation",
      "integrated design"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Large Hadron Collider uses superconducting magnets cooled to 1.9 K to accelerate protons to 99.999999% of the speed of light.",
      "domain": "physics"
    },
    {
      "text": "Farmers in the Sahel use zai pits—hand-dug holes filled with compost—to restore degraded soil and grow crops.",
      "domain": "agriculture"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2020 Ethereum blockchain upgrade replaced energy-intensive mining with a proof-of-stake system to validate transactions.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "device.tool",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "use.application",
      "note": "enables",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "cnet.media",
    "media.communication"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "technologies",
    "technology"
  ],
  "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": "factual",
      "note": "previous components list was incomplete; added constitutive concepts from definition. No need to revise definition — it correctly describes an emergent system built from the now-complete component set"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-technology.tool"
}