{
  "id": "terms.language",
  "term": "terms",
  "sense": "language",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 11,
  "arena": "terms",
  "domain": "common",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a word that has a specific meaning and is used to express a condition or information",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "part.relation",
      "difference.relation",
      "condition.state",
      "express.communication",
      "information.knowledge",
      "mean.signify",
      "meaning.significance",
      "specific.detail",
      "use.application",
      "words.language"
    ],
    "interaction": "the parts are recognized as distinct items that differ from each other, enabling each to denote a particular meaning",
    "novel_properties": [
      "distinct symbolic reference",
      "structured meaning through difference",
      "functional use in communication"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains 0.21 bar oxygen partial pressure despite micrometeorite risks and system leaks. [engineering]",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2023, Python remained the most cited programming language in GitHub repositories, defining modern software development. [computing]",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The U.S. Constitution uses 'due process' to designate legal protections guaranteed since 1791. [institutions]",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "conjunction.grammar",
    "the-compression-claim.assertion",
    "the-three-tiers.structure",
    "verb.grammatical"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "term",
    "termed",
    "terming",
    "terms"
  ],
  "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": "definition preserved as correct; missing constitutive concepts added to components to align with semantic dependencies"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-terms.language"
}