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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. DelayingAnAgent delaying an agent Instances are actions which one agent takes to hinder another agent's progress towards completeing some other action. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2wUE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">delayUntilTime</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delays delays has delayed an agent will have delayed an agent delayed an agent delayed delays an agent have delayed an agent had delayed delay will delay an agent will have delayed have delayed will delay military delaying delaying has delayed had delayed an agent delay an agent A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.) whose instances are all and only those collections that are temporally object-like. A collection <code><b>COL</b></code> is temporally object-like just in case it generally holds that any proper purely temporal parts (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a>) of an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code> is not itself an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code>. More precisely, a collection <code><b>COL</b></code> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a> just in case it satisfies the following: For any distinct <code><b>OBJ1</b></code> and <code><b>OBJ2</b></code>, if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>COL</b>)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>OBJ2</b>)</code>, then <i>not</i> <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ2</b> <b>COL</b>)</code>. <p/> For example, none of the proper time-slices of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> is itself a calendar year. Likewise for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a>. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a> are both instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>. Conversely, a proper time-slice of a given <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVisWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Date</a> might itself be a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVisWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Date</a> (e.g. an hour has minutes and seconds as time-slices); so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVisWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Date</a> is <i>not</i> a temporal-object-type. <p/> See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> for the disjoint notion of being temporally stuff-like. TemporalObjectType temporal object type <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 MilitaryTask-Defensive defensive military task The collection comprised of all defensive forms of Task. This collection is *not* a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuMS3ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryDefensiveOperation</a> since <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuMS3ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryDefensiveOperation</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvhxFJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryOperation</a>: instances are carried out by several units acting in concert to implement primary and support tasks. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuMS3ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryDefensiveOperation</a> will be comprised of one or more instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVr5lZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryTask_Defensive</a> figuring as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a>. GuardOperation (from DOD): A form of security operation whose primary task is to protect the main force by fighting to gain time while also observing and reporting information, and to prevent enemy ground observation of and direct fire against the main body by reconnoitering, attacking, defending, and delaying. guard operation MilitaryTaskedActionType type of military task The collection of all types of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a> that can be assigned as tasks (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvpz69JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">unitAssignedToTask</a>) to a military unit (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQWn3pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ModernMilitaryUnit_Deployable</a>). Examples of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBvMr-qWFEdaAAAABAxv6tg" class="cyc_term">MilitaryTaskedActionType</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvbfzAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AttackOnObject</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4jqZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDestructionEvent</a>. It is not assumed that any spec whatsoever of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwCCSNZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryAction</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBvMr-qWFEdaAAAABAxv6tg" class="cyc_term">MilitaryTaskedActionType</a> : e.g., the collection of tasks to be performed by UNIT003 by 3 pm on July 31 might well be a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwCCSNZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryAction</a>, but it shouldn't be a military task _type_ in its own right. (In other words: this collection does not include the powerset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwCCSNZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryAction</a>.) Interfering A specialization of (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBdWmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AttemptingFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWMBfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PreventingFromHappening</a>) and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyEmy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConflictEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHk14pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interfering</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Action</a> aimed at thwarting or hindering another agent's action. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHk14pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interfering</a> need not <i>prevent</i> an agent's action, but it must make that action more difficult for the agent to perform; otherwise, it is just an instance of (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBdWmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AttemptingFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHk14pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interfering</a>). interference 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 DelayingAnAgent delaying an agent Instances are actions which one agent takes to hinder another agent's progress towards completeing some other action. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2wUE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">delayUntilTime</a>. DelayingAnAgent delaying an agent Instances are actions which one agent takes to hinder another agent's progress towards completeing some other action. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2wUE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">delayUntilTime</a>. DelayingAnAgent delaying an agent Instances are actions which one agent takes to hinder another agent's progress towards completeing some other action. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2wUE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">delayUntilTime</a>.