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Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. highway Highway A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublicProperty</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a> is a major road open to public use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway expressways freeway parkway freeways highways parkways expressway A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZ9TJmAYMEdqAAAACs0x8nw" class="cyc_term">StateRoute</a> are controlled and maintained by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_UnitedStates</a>. Unlike <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYFnYegYMEdqAAAACs0x8nw" class="cyc_term">USHighwayRoute</a>, state routes are exclusively intra-state. state route StateRoute interstate The collection of all interstates. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rspkKknS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">FourLanesOrWiderRoadway</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpGpGFieEQdiJr99wgKQNPg" class="cyc_term">InterstateHighway</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rR9q_HHSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RoadwayTypeByClassification</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rRHFzqrgzEdqAAAACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">LandTransportationTerrainFeatureType</a>. InterstateHighway Freeway A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rP9jwioz1QdmCq5ObWNPUIA" class="cyc_term">Freeway</a> is a wide highway designed to accommodate high-speed traffic. freeway USHighwayRoute A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYFnYegYMEdqAAAACs0x8nw" class="cyc_term">USHighwayRoute</a> is coordinated by the US federal government, but they may be funded and maintained by state governments. US highway route arterial road ArterialRoad A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a>. An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rWRMBbgOfEdqAAAACs0x8nw" class="cyc_term">ArterialRoad</a> permits faster traffic by having less stops and accessibility. It usually is at least two-lanes in either direction. In city traffic, it is not uncommon to have occassional traffic lights, or in the country, four-way stops at the juncture of other major roads. However, long stretches of road will have unobstructed traffic and speeds of over 60 mph. Highway101CA Highway 101 Interstate80 U.S. Highway 80 transportation-topic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQtd9F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Transportation_Topic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a> which (in some significant sense) has to do with the topic of transportation. Transportation-Topic A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rR9q_HHSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RoadwayTypeByClassification</a> is a collection of roads that share a particular importance within a given road system. The importance of a road is conventionally evaluated in relation to nearby particular road(s) or a given area or again a certain type of activity conducted in a particular area. road classification attribute RoadwayTypeByClassification highway Highway A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublicProperty</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a> is a major road open to public use. <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> means that <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is <i>broader</i> than <code><b>TERM1</b></code>, in an extremely general sense of &quot;broader&quot;. For example, <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code><b>TERM1</b></code> if any of the following hold:<br><br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that subsumes <code><b>TERM1</b></code>; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as an instance; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as parts; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as a part; <br><br> This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm path that is not a loop An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Collection</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRCCC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Path_Generic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Path_Simple</a> is a path with two distinct ends that do not &quot;overlap&quot; each other (in the case of spatial paths, the two ends are spatially disjoint). Since no instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Path_Simple</a> has ends that join at one point, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Path_Simple</a> is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6MSn5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Path_Cyclic</a>. Although instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Path_Simple</a> have distinct ends, some instances may have more than two things that are its &quot;end-points&quot;. For example, a path between Austin and Pittsburgh can also be a path between Texas and Pennsylvania. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Path_Simple</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViZ_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pipe_GenericConduit</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3lkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nerve</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>. Path-Simple AFewExamplesOfCustomaryPaths-PathTraversal-Topic A few examples of customary paths path traversal topic LandTransportationTerrainFeatureType land transportation terrain feature type A collection of collections. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rRHFzqrgzEdqAAAACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">LandTransportationTerrainFeatureType</a> are collections of terrain features which are used for or relate to transportation of vehicles, people, or materials over land. public property PublicProperty The collection of all public property. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rg7oNHCl-EduAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">PublicPlace</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwURC85wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Property</a>. two lanes or wider road The colection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a>s that have two or more lanes or tracks. This criterion belongs to the US Army's nomenclature for the representation of roads on medium scale maps. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rkr7nQnSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RoadwayTypeByNumberOfLanes</a>. TwoLanesOrWiderRoadway A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PathForWheeledVehicles</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a> is a path artifact designed to accomodate road vehicles (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjT95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RoadVehicle</a>) such as cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj1FJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Street_Generic</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a>. roadway Roadway highway Highway A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublicProperty</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a> is a major road open to public use. highway Highway A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublicProperty</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a> is a major road open to public use. highway Highway A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublicProperty</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a> is a major road open to public use. highway Highway A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublicProperty</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a> is a major road open to public use. 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 PavedRoadway paved road The collection of instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyNjbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Roadway</a> that are also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4reeR5jnS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Paved</a>. Notable specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Highway</a>.