{
  "id": "ten.numeric",
  "term": "ten",
  "sense": "numeric",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 7,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "language",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a set of pieces that together make two sets of five",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "sets.grouped",
      "piece.portion",
      "five.cardinal",
      "make.verb"
    ],
    "interaction": "the pieces are arranged together as a set forming two equal sets of five",
    "novel_properties": [
      "numeric quantity of ten",
      "pair of equal fives",
      "composite grouping structure"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The decimal system uses ten digits, 0 through 9, to represent all numbers in written mathematics.",
      "domain": "mathematics"
    },
    {
      "text": "A standard cricket team consists of ten players on the field, forming two groups of five during specific game phases.",
      "domain": "sports"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia overturned laws based on a ten-part classification of race in marriage statutes.",
      "domain": "law"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "hundred.quantity",
    "thirty.numeral",
    "thousand.numerical"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "ten",
    "tens"
  ],
  "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 'five.cardinal' and 'make.verb' to align with the definition. No need to change definition text."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ten.numeric"
}