{
  "id": "upon.spatial",
  "term": "upon",
  "sense": "spatial",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 13,
  "arena": "lexicon",
  "domain": "spatial",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "on a location that is above and touching another location",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "above.spatial",
      "touch.together",
      "location.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "When a location is both above and touching another location, the relationship is expressed as upon.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "combined vertical relation",
      "direct contact between places"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station orbits Earth, remaining upon its trajectory due to continuous orbital adjustments.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "A snowpack rested upon the summit of Mount Fuji for 80 days after the last snowfall.",
      "domain": "geography"
    },
    {
      "text": "The iPad screen stayed upon the glass countertop during the earthquake, not shifting or falling.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "location.spatial",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "upon"
  ],
  "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-upon.spatial"
}