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Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. one at A time process type OneAtATimeProcessType The collection of types of process which occupy the doer to such an extent that two such processes can be done simultaneously by the same doer only if both are common <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a> of a process of the same type. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rnmJ6yOGiQdaTG69teQRX-w" class="cyc_term">OneAtATimeActionType</a>. Expelling solid waste from the body defecation Defecating yawn Yawning Yawning event -- caused by tiredness or boredom. pedaling Pedaling Pedaling once on each pedal. A physical activity in which legs are pumped in a circular motion as if driving a crankshaft. Pedaling consists of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LiftingALeg</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PushingAnObject</a>, one time with each leg. Normal pedaling events consist of lots of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYR5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pedaling</a> sub-events. This unit was broken down to this degree of granularity so that we could more easily talk about the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">anatomicalResourceRequired</a>, namely, 2 legs and 2 feet. combing some hair CombingHair The collection of hair combing events. Includes uses of brush, comb, afro pick, etc. Heartbeating Repeated pulsing of the heart muscle, which pumps blood to the cells of the heartbeater's body, blood being a supplier of oxygenated hemoglobin, sugars, and other necessary substances, and also being a receiver for poisonous waste byproducts of these processes. heartbeating What one does with soap and water to clean one's hands. WashingHands washing one's hands (TransportViaFn Unicycle) riding a unicycle moving both arms MovingBothArms This is the collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVimnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArmMovement</a> events in which both arms are moved. dancing Dancing A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvqdkUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CoordinatedBodyMovement</a>. Instances of this collection are events in which an animal dances. For human dancing, see the more specialized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dancing_Human</a>. For the individual motions which make up a dance, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PerformingADanceMotion</a>. The collection of hair-washing events. shampoo WashingHair digesting in the stomach <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVizoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DigestingInStomach</a> takes place in the stomach. In the stomach, food is converted into absorbable form. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVizoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DigestingInStomach</a> is a subEvent of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DigestionEvent</a>. After a substance is broken down in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlqpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stomach</a>, it goes on to the intestine where it is absorbed into the wall of the intestine and into the bloodstream. At this point, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViz2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalAbsorptionEvent</a> subEvent of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DigestionEvent</a> is occurring, not a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVizoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DigestingInStomach</a> event. DigestingInStomach menstruation The collection of all menstruation events. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bleeding_TheAction</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWLc3pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidFlowEvent</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkGYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InvoluntaryBodyMovement</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjGO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Menstruating</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkAcpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegularlyRepeatedEventType</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rX4HA9JmFEdqAAAACs2IKaQ" class="cyc_term">TypicalHumanActivityType_AtLeastOnce</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rcr3AEuGiQdaW-vWggaBK5g" class="cyc_term">OneAtATimeProcessType</a>. Menstruating MovingAllLegs This is the collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegMovement</a> events in which all legs are moved. moving all legs The set of actions in which a person repeatedly clasps, rubs, or grasps his/her own hands; an expression of nervousness or worry. WringingHands wringing The collection of processes in which an animal moves from one place to another by its own power. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocomotionProcess_Animal</a> is an activity considered as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>, in which any time-slice of the activity can also be considered an instance of that activity. Subsets of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocomotionProcess_Animal</a> include: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXfZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnimalWalkingProcess</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1JJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Brachiating</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Climbing</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkEb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OperatingAWheelchair</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1QE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Boring_Locomotion</a>, etc. LocomotionProcess-Animal locomotion The set of actions in which the performer shakes his head. ShakingHead shaking one's head Slang: passing gas Flatulence flatulence breathing event A collection of activities constituting a natural <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalFunction</a>; <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi3c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Breathing</a> is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9tpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AirRespiration</a> events in which the respiring organism takes air into its internal <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjKy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lung</a>s, where the gas exchange occurs. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkGHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Respiration</a>. Breathing vomiting The action where the stomach convulses to expel the contents inside. Vomiting (TransportViaFn Bicycle) bicycling Chewing A collection of events. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chewing</a> event, foodstuff is mashed in the mouth. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chewing</a> consists of a large number of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Biting</a> sub-events. Anatomical resources required for a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chewing</a> are a tongue and whatever hard surfaces the species involved uses for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Biting</a>, e.g., teeth. The teeth go up and down or grind, and the tongue maneuvers the food around. chewing vocalizing MakingAnOralSound The collection of actions in which the lips and other mouth parts are used to make sound. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVid9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MakingAnOralSound</a> means the event in which sound is produced more-or-less voluntarily, using the mouth, mouth portal, lips, and tongue.--Kean, July 11, 1997 meditation Meditating A collection of activities involving concentration and certain kinds of bodily positioning. In each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvewF8JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meditating</a>, the performer concentrates on something for spiritual or religious purposes, e.g. to achieve a higher degree of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0DxrJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TranscendentEnlightenment</a>. stickball swing StickballSwing A type of using user-powered devices, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj2n5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VoluntaryBodyMovement</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkB7ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SportsAction</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAYZV2PFgQdiCrI_18av9dQ" class="cyc_term">StickballSwing</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rcr3AEuGiQdaW-vWggaBK5g" class="cyc_term">OneAtATimeProcessType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvbVrl5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SkilledActivityType</a>. urinating The collection of urination events Urinating The action of expelling gas from the stomach. Burping burping Necking The collection of events in which two (usually not more) people engage in intimate kissing which is usually accompanied by close bodily contact (hugging at least). necking teeth cleaning TeethCleaning A collection of events. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVio-JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TeethCleaning</a> event, an animal's teeth are cleaned. In order to distinguish, e.g., professional teeth cleaning by a dental technician from daily personal care, different microtheories are used. Consider just the frequencies of performing this action: in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj-c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanActivitiesMt</a>, where a person brushes their own teeth as a subevent of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQXZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DailyPersonalCleaning</a>, this occurs once or twice per day. In the <font color="#ff0000">#$ProviderOfServicePerspectiveMt</font>, that is from the dental hygienist's point of view, it occurs about ten times per day. In the <font color="#ff0000">#$RecipientOfServicePerspectiveMt</font>, that is from the point of view of someone going to get their teeth cleaned at a dentist's office, it happens a couple times per year. BaseballSwing The collection of events in which a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkI5ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BaseballPlayer</a> standing at <font color="#ff0000">#$HomePlate</font> tries to make <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDcFsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BaseballContact</a>. The player uses a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BaseballBat</a> to try and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rviIeMpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hitting_ProjectilePropelling</a> the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Baseball_Ball</a> moving in a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzJgGoR6TEdeIswACs2TnIQ" class="cyc_term">BaseballPitch</a>. batting The action of making a snoring noise while sleeping. Snoring snore kiss The physical act of kissing. There is not necessarily a receiver, so this is not necessarily a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViexZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a> (e.g., a little kid kissing a favorite doll, a sailor kissing land after surviving a shipwreck). Kissing skinny dipping SkinnyDipping The collection of events in which a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> frolics in a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a> or a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj2cZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SwimmingPool_Outdoor</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYWB_Am6eEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Nude</a> Exhaling exhalation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj84pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TranslationAlongInternalLivingStructure</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EmittingAnObject</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjz2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodilyFunctionEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVidCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Exhaling</a> is an event in which a gas is expelled from lungs. Important specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6x5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sighing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1ah5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlowingAir</a>. For the more specific type of event of the usually unconscious exhalation that is part of the normal breathing process, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1e3pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Exhaling_BreathingOut</a>. The collection of whole body washing events, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVib_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAShower</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4cZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingABath</a>. bathing Bathing A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj245wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyMovementEvent</a> and an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rcr3AEuGiQdaW-vWggaBK5g" class="cyc_term">OneAtATimeProcessType</a> (q.v.). A collection of common bodily movements in which the whole body is involved in the movement. Specializations of this collection include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Jumping</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXfZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnimalWalkingProcess</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj0CpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FallingDown</a>. SimpleWholeBodyMovement simple whole body movement PedalingABicycle pedaling a bicycle A collection of events. In each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PedalingABicycle</a>, one person pushes on the pedals of a bicycle, moving the crankshaft around. Every instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PedalingABicycle</a> has at least one instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYR5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pedaling</a> among its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PedalingABicycle</a> may be done on a stationary bike, such as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgC1iJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExerciseBike</a>, or on a more conventional <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjo0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bicycle</a> which one could ride from place to place. SuckingOnSomethingInMouth A collection of events. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1mlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SuckingOnSomethingInMouth</a> is an act in which an animal sucks something in its mouth. The object sucked may or may not be ingested. This might involve using suction created by the mouth to move something, including drinking with a straw, an infant's sucking milk from breast or bottle, a motorist (unwisely) siphoning gasoline. In other cases, such as an infant sucking on a pacifier, there is no (significant) translocation. sucking on something cheerleading Cheerleading treading water The act of moving your body in such a way as to keep an upright position in the water, but not to travel at all. TreadingWater This collection involves events of non-copulatory genital stimulation; many instances of this collection are reflexive events, where the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi65pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectActedOn</a> roles are filled by the same participant. Masturbating masturbation The collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>, that is, of all collections of (first-order) collections, and an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHUFI8h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">ThirdOrderCollection</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> are collections of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s. Any instance of any instance of any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a>. SecondOrderCollection second-order Cyc collection one at A time process type OneAtATimeProcessType The collection of types of process which occupy the doer to such an extent that two such processes can be done simultaneously by the same doer only if both are common <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a> of a process of the same type. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rnmJ6yOGiQdaTG69teQRX-w" class="cyc_term">OneAtATimeActionType</a>. one at A time process type OneAtATimeProcessType The collection of types of process which occupy the doer to such an extent that two such processes can be done simultaneously by the same doer only if both are common <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a> of a process of the same type. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rnmJ6yOGiQdaTG69teQRX-w" class="cyc_term">OneAtATimeActionType</a>. type of temporally stuff-like thing that is also a type of durative event A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsptUGhfiQdmQ1dIv6htA7Q" class="cyc_term">ProcessType</a> is the collection intersection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNyXxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DurativeEventType</a>; that is, a thing is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsptUGhfiQdmQ1dIv6htA7Q" class="cyc_term">ProcessType</a> if and only if it is an instance of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNyXxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DurativeEventType</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsptUGhfiQdmQ1dIv6htA7Q" class="cyc_term">ProcessType</a> can be constructed from instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv48ocpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AccomplishmentType</a> using <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r0VWpmNnEQdiJDq0mDlTBkQ" class="cyc_term">ProcessFn</a> (q.v.). ProcessType