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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. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> is a device used for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1uX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Navigating</a>, i.e., for taking the bearings and plotting the course of someone or something travelling -- often in some transportation device -- through some medium. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sextant</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compass</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzUKm8jO4EdyAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">GPSReceiver</a>. NavigationDevice navigation device http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_navigation_system navigation devices navigational devices navigation system navigational device navigation systems NAVAID NAVAID A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a>. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8cCRNGdYEdqAAAACs6hnlQ" class="cyc_term">NAVAID</a> is a visual or electronic device which provides point-to-point guidance information or position data. radar reflector A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rLrqR9gRAEdqAAAACs6hnlQ" class="cyc_term">RadarReflector</a> is intended to be highly detectable by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4DToZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadarDevice</a>s. Examples would include stationary reflectors for use with vehicle-mounted <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4DToZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadarDevice</a>s, and vehicle-mounted reflectors (such as those on boats) for use with all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4DToZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadarDevice</a>s. RadarReflector A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvoBxH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SatelliteReceiver</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzUKm8jO4EdyAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">GPSReceiver</a> The collection of navigational products that use the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfewm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GlobalPositioningSystem</a> in determining the position of the user on earth. These devices are composed of an antenna tuned to the frequencies transmitted by the GPS satellites, receiver-processors and a highly-stable clock. They may also include a display for providing location and speed information to the user. GPSReceiver GPS receiver inertial navigation system InertialNavigationSystem A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rav4NFARAEdqAAAACs6hnlQ" class="cyc_term">InertialNavigationSystem</a> measures the position and altitude of a vehicle by measuring the accelerations and rotations applied to the system's inertial frame. navigation beacon NavigationBeacon A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4reZeH7iTfQdeVdtgCQ57mCg" class="cyc_term">NavigationBeacon</a> is fixed artifact on or near the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwCl_n5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsTopographicSurface</a> that provides a geodetic reference point for the navigation of airborne, seafaring, land-based, or orbiting transportation. air warning light AirWarningLight A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a>. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_ZE92GdYEdqAAAACs6hnlQ" class="cyc_term">AirWarningLight</a> is a light or group of lights marking an obstacle which constitutes a danger to air navigation. sextant Sextant A navigation tool to measure the angular distance between distant objects. A device used to find directions, especially one which uses a magnet to point to magnetic north (a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxUDnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MagneticCompass</a>), or a gyroscope to point to true north (a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQB-T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GyroCompass</a>). Compass compass NavigationDevice A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> is a device used for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1uX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Navigating</a>, i.e., for taking the bearings and plotting the course of someone or something travelling -- often in some transportation device -- through some medium. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sextant</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compass</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzUKm8jO4EdyAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">GPSReceiver</a>. navigation device Collectible The collection of all things that are typically collected as a hobby. A (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrhK-JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionUnionFn</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkdpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TheSet</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1fLiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetInstanceCollection</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a>)). collectable NavigationDevice A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> is a device used for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1uX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Navigating</a>, i.e., for taking the bearings and plotting the course of someone or something travelling -- often in some transportation device -- through some medium. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sextant</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compass</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzUKm8jO4EdyAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">GPSReceiver</a>. navigation device A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code>COPY</code> of (say) "Moby Dick" is still a copy of "Moby Dick". (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially object-like: if we take a scalpel and slice <code>COPY</code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of "Moby Dick". So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object non-agentive artifact An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjSBSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_Generic</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvY5LhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_NonAgentive</a> is the collection of all artifacts that are _not_ agents (i.e., that are _not_ instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a>). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvY5LhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_NonAgentive</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjo0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bicycle</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPvIyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pants</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjNzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FoodUtensil</a>. Artifact-NonAgentive NavigationDevice A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> is a device used for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1uX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Navigating</a>, i.e., for taking the bearings and plotting the course of someone or something travelling -- often in some transportation device -- through some medium. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sextant</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compass</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzUKm8jO4EdyAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">GPSReceiver</a>. navigation device NavigationDevice A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> is a device used for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1uX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Navigating</a>, i.e., for taking the bearings and plotting the course of someone or something travelling -- often in some transportation device -- through some medium. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NavigationDevice</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sextant</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compass</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzUKm8jO4EdyAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">GPSReceiver</a>. navigation device 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 kind of artifact not distinguished by brand or model An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwO3H5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArtifactType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rejmDbrF_QdeIENT1qpbYzQ" class="cyc_term">ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s grouped together according to some feature(s) other than brand or model. ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory device that is not a weapon (CollectionDifferenceFn PhysicalDevice Weapon) A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is a collection C of spatial things (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a>), where each of the spatial things in C is spatially disjoint with the other spatial things in C. For example, the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dog</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, since dogs do not spatially overlap. Even pregnant dogs do not spatially overlap the pups they bear; rather, pregnant dogs contain their unborn pups. Other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwVGrQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LatitudeLine</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvW4n1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CompactDisc_Audio</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwR7UWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetaryBody</a>. An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointRegionType</a> (a collection of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a>). spatially disjoint object type SpatiallyDisjointObjectType SpecializationsOfPhysicalDevice-Device-Topic specializations of physical device device topic