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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. physical structural attribute A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>s sharing some physical structural feature. These features are qualitative, not measurable; in that way, they are unlike the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYGZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Density</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjb5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mass</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Elasticity</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDNnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ThermalConductivity</a>, and other features which are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rSGNLQK45EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Quantity</a>. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a>: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDliWrHS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Granular</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_G0V0HS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Powder</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r10bA8nS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Paste_Form</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtOOLnS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Brittle</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTCX5tHTAEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Collapsible</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rz2XSoHS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Hollow</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rKQxZWHS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Woven</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rlR44WHS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Burnt</a>. An individual object can be associated with a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> with the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtzbGRH8AEdaAAAABAjVgzA" class="cyc_term">physicalStructuralFeatures</a> (q.v.). See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDEAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffStateType</a>. PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature structural properties physical structural property structure physical structural qualities consistencies structural qualities physical structural properties structural property physical structural quality consistency structural quality physical structural attributes structural attribute structural attributes ComplementaryBasePairingAttribute complementary base pairing quality structural attribute of molecules A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rT0bD6HSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">MoleculeTypeByStructuralFeature</a> is a collection of molecules that share a particular structure or configuration. MoleculeTypeByStructuralFeature foldedness attribute ObjectTypeByFoldednessStatus Spongy The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that are absorbent and soft, not firm or solid. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rP0px6HTAEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Spongy</a> objects show some ability to return to their own shape, more than objects that are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r26x_5nS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Bendable</a> but not as much objects that are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r44EFCHS5EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Elastic</a>. spongy thing foldable thing An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rXtRp0nS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Foldable</a> is a partially tangible object that is foldable in a flexible way, like towels or paper. Note a distinction between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rXtRp0nS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Foldable</a> objects and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTCX5tHTAEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Collapsible</a> objects: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTCX5tHTAEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Collapsible</a> objects are rigid objects collapsed by means of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYtZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HingedJoint</a>s, while <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rXtRp0nS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Foldable</a> objects are flexible overall. Foldable The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> having a solid crystalline structure. In a crystalline solid the atoms, ions, or molecules are ordered in well-defined arrangements. These solids often have flat faces that make angles with one another. They are frequently translucent and brittle. Crystalline crystal layered thing A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). This is the collection of tangible objects having the physical structure of being layered, laminate, or made of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rve4lGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Layer</a>s. For example, stratified rock and an onion are both layered object. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rXMwQRnS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">LayeredObject</a> has two or more parts that are each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rve4lGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Layer</a>s. LayeredObject The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that consist of a group of granules. Except possibly for groups of very small numbers of granules, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDliWrHS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Granular</a> things are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidTangibleThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rJFQ0THS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Pileable</a>. granular thing Granular The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that are &quot;torn&quot;. Things are torn if they are in the state they are because of some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViStpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ripping</a> event where the thing was pulled apart, ripped into pieces, or had parts partially separated by some force. Torn torn thing curved thing not <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rn_9OAHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Straight</a>. Curved Burnt Something which is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rlR44WHS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Burnt</a> has not yet been destroyed. However a portion of it has been destroyed in a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjATpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CombustionProcess</a>. Note that this is not a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBDpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">genls</a> for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1OdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SkinBurn</a>, because most skin burns do not actually involve combustion. Third-degree burns would be both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1OdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SkinBurn</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rlR44WHS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Burnt</a>. burnt thing Bendable A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> and specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ry3DkiHS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Flexible</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r26x_5nS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Bendable</a> is an object that can be bent. bendable thing Stretched stretched thing The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that have been stretched. Something has been stretched if it has been pulled out of shape by some force. This force has caused the thing to lengthen or widen in some way. Often, things in this condition are structurally damaged in some way. has greater than Inelastic Elasticity elastic thing Elastic PointyEnded Includes anything which tapers to a pointy or sharp end--pens, pencils, needles, pins, nails, and wood-screws, but not wires (no taper). Most knives would be included, but only because they have pointy ends. A knife with a rounded ended and a sharp blade would not be included. spiky thing worn thing Worn The collecion of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that show signs of wear. Failure of the worn object to perform its function is not entailed, though being worn is an indication that the object's useful lifetime is decreasing. CorrectlyBasePaired correctly base paired thing NonFluidlikeTangibleThing The subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> whose instances are not like fluids. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_lvetnS5EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">NonFluidlikeTangibleThing</a>s do not flow and have an intrinsic shape. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_lvetnS5EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">NonFluidlikeTangibleThing</a> is primarily a collection union of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjElJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolidTangibleThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDMOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SemiSolidTangibleThing</a>. It is useful as a genl collection for certain collections whose members can be both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjElJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolidTangibleThing</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDMOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SemiSolidTangibleThing</a>s, like <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6W7nNnS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deformable</a>. non-fluidlike substance sharp thing SharpEdged The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that have been cracked but not completely shattered. Something that has been fractured or has a fractured part will often retain physical integrity, but will usually have its functionality impaired in some way. fractured thing Fractured An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rplth0i0GEdiLGQACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">HomogeneousStructure</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> object which has the same structure (or lack of structure) throughout, at least on the macroscopic level. This entails that the object in question has no distinct, identifiable, non-arbitrarily-specified physical parts [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj5FpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">physicalParts</a>] except for those that are identifiable as parts of the object solely by virtue of the object's outer shape, e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPSHP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Side</a>s, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwS7huJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Protrusion</a>s, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwM6dVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Wrinkle</a>s, etc. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rplth0i0GEdiLGQACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">HomogeneousStructure</a> include any typical stick of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj3aZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Butter</a> and any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7xZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SnowMob</a>. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rplth0i0GEdiLGQACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">HomogeneousStructure</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidTangibleThing</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rkG3gMV5VEdeHZQACs6hcsw" class="cyc_term">Gel</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjon5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mixture</a>. HomogeneousStructure homogeneous structure BulkState The physical state of being in bulk, as, for example, a bunch of sand in a sandbox or a liquid pooled in a container bulk thing Woven Woven like fabric. woven thing bent thing The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that are bent. Bent Puffy having bulging, billowing, fluffy, inflated..the way cumulous clouds are. This units definition could be improved upon. As long the current assertions remain kosher, add your two cents. puffy thing the union of { deformable thing, fluid substances } (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet Deformable FluidTangibleThing)) Crumpled A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjElJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolidTangibleThing</a>. Each instnce of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ruFFm4nS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Crumpled</a> is an object that has gone through a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgESm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Crumpling</a> - no longer sheet-shaped, but now wrinkled and probably roughly ball-shaped. crumpled thing The collecion of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjElJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolidTangibleThing</a> that break easily when subjected to a low or moderate impact or application of force, such as most instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Glass</a>. Brittle brittle thing The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that are collapsible. A collapsible object is one which is rigid but whose parts have been designed in such a way as to be 'folded' into a more compact shape. collapsible thing Collapsible fibrous thing The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> composed mainly of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-_l9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Fiber</a>s. Fibrous A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Each instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r7xchgnS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ContainerIndependentShapedThing</a> has a shape that does not depend on the shape of any <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Container</a> which contains it. ContainerIndependentShapedThing container-independent shape Flaky-CoherentPhysicalStructure flake The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that tend to come apart into flakes, such as pie crust or pastry. To describe objects that are a mob of separate flakes, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNp4rCnS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Flaky_GranularPhysicalStructure</a>. FluidTangibleThing A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> and an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDEAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffStateType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidTangibleThing</a> is a tangible thing that can flow. This includes gases, liquids, and &quot;granular fluids&quot; (i.e. tangible things that are <font color="#ff0000">#$Pourable</font>, such as sand); see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjFK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GaseousTangibleThing</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjSoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LiquidTangibleThing</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rva5mn5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GranularFluid</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidTangibleThing</a> include the air in Austin, the water in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi5xZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LakeErie</a>, a particular chunk of snow, the sand on the beach at Malibu, and the mercury in a thermometer. Non-instances include an air molecule, a snowflake, a grain of sand, a boulder, and a hunk of bread dough. fluid substance pastelike thing The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that are pastelike in texture and consistency. They are very easily deformed, and they tend to remain in the deformed shape afterwards, provided that they don't collapse under their own weight. Things having <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r10bA8nS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Paste_Form</a> don't exhibit much elastic deformation at all - they don't ''jiggle''. Paste-Form Objects having this physical structure consisting of a mob of separate flakes (particles having one dimension much smaller than the others) like snow or breakfast cereal. To describe coherent objects which have a tendency to come apart into flakes when perturbed, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rbFOCIHS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Flaky_CoherentPhysicalStructure</a>. Flaky-GranularPhysicalStructure flaky thing dented thing Dented An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a>, and a specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6W7nNnS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deformable</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjElJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolidTangibleThing</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ruL2jkjXdEdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Dented</a> is an object which has acquired a depression in its surface as the causal consequence of the application of pressure, where the depression remains even after the application of pressure ceases. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtA0DVjXdEdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Denting</a>. powder A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDliWrHS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Granular</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_G0V0HS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Powder</a> are composed of many fine particles and are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidTangibleThing</a>. Powder macrocrystalline thing MacroCrystalline The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that are macro-crystalline. An important specialization is ice. Crushed-Fragmented crushed thing A specialization of (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1535wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GroupFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNWKNDnS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Crushed_Fragmented</a> is a group of things that were parts of larger objects that went through a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PulverizationEvent</a>. Such groups consist of pieces of those objects. Not curved. Straight straightness twisted thing The collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj1gZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CordlikeObject</a> whose instances consist of twisted fibers like rope or cable. Twisted CellularTangibleThing The collection of objects with a structure that divides into containing cells or compartments. This includes both multi-cellular organisms and non-living cellular objects like beehives. cellular thing Hollow The volume of the main cavity in a hollow thing is so big that it takes up a significant portion of the volume of the hollow object when that object is viewed from the outside. An unopened eggshell is considered to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rz2XSoHS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Hollow</a> in spite being full of its contents. A sponge would not be considered <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rz2XSoHS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Hollow</a> because no invidual cavity is of significant size relative to that of the sponge. hollow thing Deformable deformable thing Things which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6W7nNnS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deformable</a> will give way to some degree when force is applied. They may or may not spring back to shape after the pressure is released. congested thing Congested The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> consisting of or containing <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6W7nNnS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deformable</a> clumps of material. Lumpy lumpy thing LongThinObject The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that are long and thin. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rh5fAaHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">LongThinObject</a> is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> that characterizes a tangible object which has one dimension whose length exceeds that of each of the other two dimensions by at least a factor of three. E.g., pencils, straws, telephone wire, submarines, skyscrapers. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjG1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SheetShapedObject</a>. long and thin pileable Pileable The collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> stuff that can be formed into a pile. If some stuff is pileable, pieces of that stuff stick to each other well enough that they don't slide or roll off of each other and can form piles. Any liquid is not pileable. All granular substances are pileable. Large bunches of larger objects are probably also pileable, even though single rigid objects are not. E.g. a single potato is not pileable, but a group of potatoes usually is (unless they are extremely greasy). Flexible flexible thing The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that can be flexed, twisted, contorted. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ry3DkiHS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Flexible</a> objects which retain their contorted shape are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r26x_5nS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Bendable</a> (q.v.); <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ry3DkiHS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Flexible</a> objects which vigorously bounce back to their original shapes when contorted are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r44EFCHS5EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Elastic</a>. The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cloth</a> that have been recently ironed with a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ClothesIron</a> and are still in a smooth, wrinkle-free state. ironed cloth Ironed A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>s sharing some physical structural feature. These features are qualitative, not measurable; in that way, they are unlike the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYGZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Density</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjb5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mass</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Elasticity</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDNnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ThermalConductivity</a>, and other features which are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rSGNLQK45EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Quantity</a>. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a>: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDliWrHS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Granular</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_G0V0HS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Powder</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r10bA8nS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Paste_Form</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtOOLnS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Brittle</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTCX5tHTAEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Collapsible</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rz2XSoHS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Hollow</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rKQxZWHS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Woven</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rlR44WHS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Burnt</a>. An individual object can be associated with a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> with the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtzbGRH8AEdaAAAABAjVgzA" class="cyc_term">physicalStructuralFeatures</a> (q.v.). See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDEAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffStateType</a>. physical structural attribute PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>s sharing some physical structural feature. These features are qualitative, not measurable; in that way, they are unlike the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYGZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Density</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjb5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mass</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Elasticity</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDNnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ThermalConductivity</a>, and other features which are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rSGNLQK45EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Quantity</a>. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a>: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDliWrHS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Granular</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_G0V0HS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Powder</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r10bA8nS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Paste_Form</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtOOLnS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Brittle</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTCX5tHTAEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Collapsible</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rz2XSoHS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Hollow</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rKQxZWHS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Woven</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rlR44WHS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Burnt</a>. An individual object can be associated with a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> with the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtzbGRH8AEdaAAAABAjVgzA" class="cyc_term">physicalStructuralFeatures</a> (q.v.). See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDEAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffStateType</a>. physical structural attribute PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature StructuralAttributes-Material-Topic structural attributes material topic A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>s. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> is a collection-type that &quot;facets&quot; -- i.e. stands in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjldVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Generic</a> (q.v.) relation to -- another collection. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVibOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutomobileTypeByBrand</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rANFO8Ec-EdaEKABQ2sS97g" class="cyc_term">MusicTypeByGenre</a>, which facet <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Music</a>, respectively. faceting collection type FacetingCollectionType first-order collection An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNooX_CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FixedOrderCollection</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> is the collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a> (q.v.) Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. FirstOrderCollection FacetInstanceCollection facet collection A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1fLiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetInstanceCollection</a> is a collection that is an instance of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> (q.v.). For example, the facet-instance-collection (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBVDJsPLMQdiZD5jLVkyKUw" class="cyc_term">WineOfVintageFn</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjympwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YearFn</a> 1926)) is an instance of the faceting-collection-type <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rWdpZhPLLQdiKEtsuZMndzQ" class="cyc_term">WineTypeByVintage</a>.