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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. Kaleidoscope kaleidoscope Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXr445wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kaleidoscope</a> is a toy which one looks into to see symmetrical patterns of moving colors. Kaleidoscopes are generally cylindrical, with an eye-hole at one end, and with a compartment at the far end which contains colored objects that can move freely within the compartment. The far end is either translucent or transparent, so that light can enter. The inside walls of a kaleidoscope have mirrors, usually two set at an angle, so that when the compartmentalized objects move around, they appear to be multiplied N-fold (depending on the angle of the mirrors) and moving in symmetry with their reflections. kaleidoscopes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope kaleidoscope Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXr445wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kaleidoscope</a> is a toy which one looks into to see symmetrical patterns of moving colors. Kaleidoscopes are generally cylindrical, with an eye-hole at one end, and with a compartment at the far end which contains colored objects that can move freely within the compartment. The far end is either translucent or transparent, so that light can enter. The inside walls of a kaleidoscope have mirrors, usually two set at an angle, so that when the compartmentalized objects move around, they appear to be multiplied N-fold (depending on the angle of the mirrors) and moving in symmetry with their reflections. 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 Kaleidoscope kaleidoscope Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXr445wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kaleidoscope</a> is a toy which one looks into to see symmetrical patterns of moving colors. Kaleidoscopes are generally cylindrical, with an eye-hole at one end, and with a compartment at the far end which contains colored objects that can move freely within the compartment. The far end is either translucent or transparent, so that light can enter. The inside walls of a kaleidoscope have mirrors, usually two set at an angle, so that when the compartmentalized objects move around, they appear to be multiplied N-fold (depending on the angle of the mirrors) and moving in symmetry with their reflections. Kaleidoscope kaleidoscope Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXr445wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kaleidoscope</a> is a toy which one looks into to see symmetrical patterns of moving colors. Kaleidoscopes are generally cylindrical, with an eye-hole at one end, and with a compartment at the far end which contains colored objects that can move freely within the compartment. The far end is either translucent or transparent, so that light can enter. The inside walls of a kaleidoscope have mirrors, usually two set at an angle, so that when the compartmentalized objects move around, they appear to be multiplied N-fold (depending on the angle of the mirrors) and moving in symmetry with their reflections. OpticalDevice vision aid A collection of physical devices. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs3ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OpticalDevice</a> is a device that affects light by either reflecting it, refracting it, causing its rays to converge or diverge, or more complicated combinations of such operations. Examples include devices whose function is to enhance human vision (e.g., each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj-cZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mirror</a>, each pair of #$EyeGlasses, each set of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi1SJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Binoculars</a>), as well as devices that manipulate light for other purposes (e.g., instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OpticalComputerStorageDevice</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVie0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LaserDiscPlayer</a>). Kaleidoscope kaleidoscope Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXr445wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kaleidoscope</a> is a toy which one looks into to see symmetrical patterns of moving colors. Kaleidoscopes are generally cylindrical, with an eye-hole at one end, and with a compartment at the far end which contains colored objects that can move freely within the compartment. The far end is either translucent or transparent, so that light can enter. The inside walls of a kaleidoscope have mirrors, usually two set at an angle, so that when the compartmentalized objects move around, they appear to be multiplied N-fold (depending on the angle of the mirrors) and moving in symmetry with their reflections. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString An instance of #$ArtifactByGenericType and 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/Mx4rvViE25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Toy</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PortableObject</a> whose primary function [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-lujZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">primaryFunction</a>] is to be played with by, and provide amusement to, children or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkFMpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DomesticPet</a>s. toy Toy 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