]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. 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. energy The most generic collection of all instances of all types of energy, either in radiating wave form or in solid matter form, that may be used to provide a source of energy. EnergyStuff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy power energy sources energy stuff energy source Energy-Renewable This is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjX0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EnergyType</a> and a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EnergyStuff</a>. It is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EnergyStuff</a> which are derived from sources which are not depletable in the sense that they will likely be around about as long as we will be and our use of these sources does not deplete them. Examples include solar-, wind-, and geothermal-derived energy. Non-instances most notably include energy derived from fossil fuels. Energy derived from by-products of industrial or agricultural production should also count as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6AempwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Energy_Renewable</a>, because the use of these sources, unlike the burning of coal, does not deplete a fixed finite store. renewable energy mechanical energy MechanicalEnergy The collection of instances of mechanical energy - the energy of things in motion <considered as a stuff>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r91VuUCJZEdaAAACQJ5pZBw" class="cyc_term">NuclearRelatedMaterial</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EnergyStuff</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQB_7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NuclearFuel</a> is some radioactive substance that can be used as an energy source in a nuclear reactor or a nuclear weapon. nuclear fuel NuclearFuel The substances usually used as fuels. CombustibleFuelSubstance fuel hydropower Hydropower The collection of all hydropower. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EnergyStuff</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwVD8oZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hydropower</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMc3h5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NaturalResourceType</a> and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. Triglyceride The collection of all triglycerides, also known as neutral lipids. In a triglyceride molecule, three molecules of one or more different fatty acids are linked to a glycerol molecule. Triglycerides are found in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjc_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FattyTissue</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVimKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mammal</a>s and in plant <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Seed</a>s. triglyceride electricity The sort of energy that flows through electrical conductors, is produced by electrical generators, etc. Electricity thermal energy The transfer of energy into or out of an object either through a change in its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjccJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">KineticEnergy</a> (which likewise produces a change in its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a>) or a change in its potential energy. ThermalEnergy The collection of all geothermal energy. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EnergyStuff</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBvMTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeothermalPower</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjX0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EnergyType</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMc3h5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NaturalResourceType</a>. geothermal energy GeothermalPower Light-Stuff An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBCUKRq5sQdifdq02wQw31Q" class="cyc_term">Light_Stuff</a> is some light naively considered as stuff rather than an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. There are many common sense truths which (arguably) involve thinking of light in this way, e.g. &quot;Windows admit light,&quot; &quot;Light bulbs produce light,&quot; &quot;Cats don't need much light to see.&quot; light-stuff energy The most generic collection of all instances of all types of energy, either in radiating wave form or in solid matter form, that may be used to provide a source of energy. EnergyStuff type of energy EnergyType energy The most generic collection of all instances of all types of energy, either in radiating wave form or in solid matter form, that may be used to provide a source of energy. EnergyStuff energy The most generic collection of all instances of all types of energy, either in radiating wave form or in solid matter form, that may be used to provide a source of energy. EnergyStuff 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 energy The most generic collection of all instances of all types of energy, either in radiating wave form or in solid matter form, that may be used to provide a source of energy. EnergyStuff The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYbXiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QueryAugmentationApplication</a> to resolve natural language ambiguities. QAClarifyingCollectionType QA clarifying collection type CommonSubstances-Material-Topic common substances material topic energy The most generic collection of all instances of all types of energy, either in radiating wave form or in solid matter form, that may be used to provide a source of energy. EnergyStuff SpatialThing-Localized localized spatial thing A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>. This is the collection of all spatial things, tangible or intangible, that can meaningfully be said to have location or position in the empirical universe. <p/> Examples of spatially-localized things include all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> things, such as trees and ships, as well as certain <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Intangible</a> spatial things, like the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzQjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsEquator</a>. Also included are those events that can be pinned-down to specific places (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjJE4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event_Localized</a>), and thus all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpjZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalEvent</a>s. Excluded from this collection are any <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a>s that are <i>not</i> localized, such as -- arguably -- purely abstract geometrical figures (e.g. a Platonic sphere). <p/> Note that a fictional or imaginary object (such as Frodo, Captain Queeg, or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJlh2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HAL9000_TheComputer</a>) is typically localized with respect to the universe of the fictional/imagnary context in which it is found, and so is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwS68M5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing_Localized</a> with respect to that context.