{
  "id": "modularity.structural",
  "term": "modularity",
  "sense": "structural",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 4,
  "domain": "emergencelexicon",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A pattern of parts in a thing that can be apart but still work together when they are in a place.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "structure.arrangement",
      "part.relation",
      "pattern.regularity",
      "boundary.limit"
    ],
    "interaction": "Parts with regular boundaries maintain their own structure and can be placed apart, yet still interact when brought together.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "independent replaceability",
      "recombinable function",
      "localized change"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "organized.structure",
      "type": "abstracts",
      "note": "Modularity is a specific way of organizing structure."
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "modularity"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-modularity.structural"
}