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Mappings between OpenCyc terms and Wikipedia article names provided by Olena Medelyan and Catherine Legg, University of Waikato, NZ under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. 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. MultiPoint A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv28bxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ZeroDimensionalThing</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rafTCWtepEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">MultiPoint</a> is the mereological sum (see <font color="#ff0000">#$generalizedSpaceRegionSum</font>) of one or more (and no more than a countable number of) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwKUKtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Point</a>s (q.v.). <p/> Note that, in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN6LI4teGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesMt</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rafTCWtepEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">MultiPoint</a> corresponds to the type called 'MultiPoint' in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN1IekteGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesSpecificationForSQL</a> document. multi point Fuel injection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_injection point in space Point A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvXPkDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HomogeneousSpaceRegion</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv28bxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ZeroDimensionalThing</a> (qq.v.). This is the collection of points that have a fixed location with respect to some coordinate system or frame of reference. Space points can be used to indicate the locations (or partial locations) of things in space (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvW_yXJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">locatedAtPoint_Spatial</a>). <p/> An important specialization of this collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwH1QOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Point_Empirical</a> (q.v.), whose instances have fixed locations with respect to some coordinate system or frame of reference in the empirically-observable universe, and thus are embedded in time. An example of a space-point <i>not</i> in the empirical universe is a point in some abstract Euclidean space of the sort studied in geometry. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkGy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Line</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvg1ZeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Surface</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmaaAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpaceChunk</a>. OpenGISGeometryType A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> containing all of the types of geometries (specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rOWqq-teGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISGeometry</a>) that are defined in the geometry collection hierarchy of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN1IekteGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesSpecificationForSQL</a> (q.v.) document. open GIS geometry type <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rRRuPDtepEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">OpenGISGeometryComposite</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvXPkDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HomogeneousSpaceRegion</a>s which are the mereological sums one or more <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwKUKtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Point</a>s, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvpeTbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LineSegment</a>s, or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvg1ZeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Surface</a>s. In the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN6LI4teGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesMt</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rRRuPDtepEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">OpenGISGeometryComposite</a> corresponds to the 'GeometryCollection' collection in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN1IekteGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesSpecificationForSQL</a> document. OpenGISGeometryComposite spatial region that is the generalized spatial sum of some set of the union of { space surface, portion of a line, point in space } MultiPoint A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv28bxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ZeroDimensionalThing</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rafTCWtepEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">MultiPoint</a> is the mereological sum (see <font color="#ff0000">#$generalizedSpaceRegionSum</font>) of one or more (and no more than a countable number of) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwKUKtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Point</a>s (q.v.). <p/> Note that, in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN6LI4teGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesMt</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rafTCWtepEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">MultiPoint</a> corresponds to the type called 'MultiPoint' in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN1IekteGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesSpecificationForSQL</a> document. multi point Wikipedia Article URL (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rNv0nbm4TTjOp7yhmnzOyqg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL ZeroDimensionalThing zero dimensional thing A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rotfKFq0wEdmAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">SpatialThingTypeByNumberOfDimensions</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjj45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntangibleIndividual</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv28bxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ZeroDimensionalThing</a> is either a single <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwKUKtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Point</a> (q.v.) or an arrangement of disconnected points in space. Zero-dimensional objects have no length or breadth or height, nor do they have parts. OpenGISConcept Open Geospatial Consortium Concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rRkivgFH_EdqAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">OpenGISConcept</a> is the collection of all Cyc concepts that correspond to some concept standardized by the Open Geospatial Consortium. OpenGISGeometry A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjELpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeometricallyDescribableThing</a>. This is the root collection defined in the simple features data model of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN1IekteGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesSpecificationForSQL</a> (q.v.) document. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rOWqq-teGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISGeometry</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1MJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">partitionedInto</a> the subcollections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwKUKtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Point</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvpeTbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LineSegment</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvg1ZeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Surface</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rRRuPDtepEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">OpenGISGeometryComposite</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rn0e8ethHEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">NullBoundary</a>. open GIS geometry MultiPoint A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv28bxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ZeroDimensionalThing</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rafTCWtepEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">MultiPoint</a> is the mereological sum (see <font color="#ff0000">#$generalizedSpaceRegionSum</font>) of one or more (and no more than a countable number of) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwKUKtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Point</a>s (q.v.). <p/> Note that, in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN6LI4teGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesMt</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rafTCWtepEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">MultiPoint</a> corresponds to the type called 'MultiPoint' in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN1IekteGEdmAAAAH6Q2cKw" class="cyc_term">OpenGISSimpleFeaturesSpecificationForSQL</a> document. multi point MereotopologyConcept mereotopology concept Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rixW2aOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">MereotopologyConcept</a> are concepts which are included in the domain of mereotopology; therefore, parts, boundaries and the topological relationships among them would be instances of this collection. homogenous space region generic that is the generalized spatial sum of some set of points (SubcollectionOfWithRelationToTypeFn HomogeneousSpaceRegion generalizedSpatialSum PointSet) wikipediaArticleName (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rTv-jk9SPTXa991kk5mAvHg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleName</a> THING NAME) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article with the title NAME Wikipedia Article Name