{
  "id": "weight.physical",
  "term": "weight",
  "sense": "physical",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 18,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "physics",
  "style": "window",
  "definition": "how many other windows a thing holds open",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "window.range",
      "hold.physical",
      "open.spatial"
    ],
    "interaction": "Weight emerges when holding a thing in place requires maintaining it within multiple parameter ranges, each associated with an open boundary that permits change, increasing the physical load.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "collective load",
      "distributed constraint",
      "mechanical dependence"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains orbit by countering atmospheric drag with periodic reboosts from docked spacecraft.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "A neutron star holds open spacetime distortions detectable by LIGO, sustained by its immense mass and rapid rotation.",
      "domain": "physics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Svalbard Global Seed Vault remains accessible year-round due to permafrost and active cooling preserving its entrance tunnel.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "force.push",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "foot.body-part"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "weighs",
    "weight",
    "weighted",
    "weighting",
    "weights",
    "weigth"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "sources": [
      "Sample/we-already-had-the-words.md"
    ],
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "removed non-constitutive components (drift.aimless, maintenance.upkeep, parameter.condition) and added genuinely constitutive ones implied by the canonical definition."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-weight.physical"
}