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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. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rhywBFkT6EdaAAACgye4oEQ" class="cyc_term">PhysicalQuantity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> is a physical quantity, corresponding to a certain &quot;amount of time&quot;, that can be possessed by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>s. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> had by a given thing represents the total amount of time that the thing exists, occurs over, or endures; see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVijs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">duration</a>. Consider a sentence of the form (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVijs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">duration</a> TEMPTHING TIMEQUANT). If TEMPTHING is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>, the sentence means that TEMPTHING exists for a lifetime that is TIMEQUANT in duration. If TEMPTHING is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>, the sentence means that TEMPTHING (fully) transpires over an interval of time that is TIMEQUANT in duration. If TEMPTHING is itself a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a> (q.v.), the sentence means that TEMPTHING has a duration of TIMEQUANT. The standard unit of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> in Cyc is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SecondsDuration</a> (q.v.); but there are other ways to specify an amount of time, e.g. with other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAqpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfMeasure</a> (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkAf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WeeksDuration</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjq75wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YearsDuration</a>) or with instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViZQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LongTime</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViZxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Immediately</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVivcpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AFewDecadesDuration</a>). time Time-Quantity sometime most sometime more sometime http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-time-noun-5 rule A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a>. This is by definition the collection of all time-quantities that are the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVijs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">duration</a> of some monarch's <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rp2WFxDAIQdiZmN8Hnr53MQ" class="cyc_term">Reign</a>. DurationOfAMonarchsPower rule (SubcollectionOfWithRelationFromTypeFn Time-Quantity duration Reign) The spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> used by the users of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rNoRW81uxEdaTMwACs0uEEQ" class="cyc_term">CycTaskScheduler</a> to specify regular time intervals for scheduled tasks. Currently, regular time intervals for tasks may be specified in seconds (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SecondsDuration</a>), minutes (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrc5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MinutesDuration</a>), hours (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrNJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HoursDuration</a>) or days (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DaysDuration</a>). For example, (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrc5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MinutesDuration</a> 20) would ensure that the given task will be performed every 20 minutes. TaskSchedulerRegularTimeIntervalExpression task scheduler regular time interval expression duration (SubcollectionOfWithRelationFromTypeFn Time-Quantity duration TemporalThing) A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a>. Each instance is the period of time during which something continues. a few days AFewDaysDuration Duration of 2 to 10 days an indefinite amount of time AnIndefiniteAmountOfTime Duration of an infinitesimal to a very large amount of time Forever-Quantity forever The instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> that is, by definition, the longest in duration. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwOo0GZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Always_TimeInterval</a>, which is an instance of the collection of intervals of length <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rfst9tL9HEdqAAAAH6RYztA" class="cyc_term">Forever_Quantity</a>. many years ManyYearsDuration The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> of many years duration. a few months A few months 2-10 AFewMonthsDuration short time ShortTime This is a qualifier to be used as an optional argument to temporal relations. AFewMinutesDuration a few minutes An instance of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjDipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrderOfMagnitudeInterval</a> (qq.v.) that is the interval of between 2 and 10 minutes duration. An instance of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjDipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrderOfMagnitudeInterval</a> (qq.v.) that is the interval of between 2 and 10 hours duration. AFewHoursDuration a few hours An instance of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjDipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrderOfMagnitudeInterval</a> (qq.v.) that is the interval of between 2 and 30 seconds duration. a few seconds AFewSecondsDuration An instance of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjDipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrderOfMagnitudeInterval</a> (qq.v.) that is the interval of between 2 and 10 decades duration. a few decades AFewDecadesDuration Duration of 10 hours up to almost 2 days AboutADaysDuration day Duration of 2 to 10 centuries a few centuries AFewCenturiesDuration immediacy Immediately Duration of 2 to 10 weeks AFewWeeksDuration a few weeks a few yearly AFewYearsDuration Duration of 2 to 10 years lifetime LifetimesDuration Duration of a human lifetime. LongTime This is a qualifier to be used as an optional argument to temporal relations. long time TensOfMinutesDuration Things that take some tens of minutes, i.e. from 10 to 90 minutes tens of minutes A duration of from 6 to 18 hours several hourly SeveralHoursDuration non-negative quantity or number NonNegativeScalarInterval A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ScalarInterval</a>. An instance INTERVAL of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ScalarInterval</a> is also an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3ockJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonNegativeScalarInterval</a> just in case INTERVAL is a non-negative number or quantity. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3ockJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonNegativeScalarInterval</a> include all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjyK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonNegativeNumber</a> (q.v.), as well as non-negative quantities such as (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjRp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meter</a> 212), (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi5sJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kilogram</a> 5), and (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SecondsDuration</a> 0). Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/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 UnitOfMeasureConcept A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ret7qgOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a> (q.v.). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rC-8cJgBpEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">UnitOfMeasureConcept</a> are collections and relations having to do with unit of measurement functions and the kinds of quantities they return as values. Important specializations and instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAqpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfMeasure</a>, major specializations or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ScalarInterval</a>, and relations that are important to measurement theory are instances of this collection. unit of measure concept time as a quantity time topic TimeAsAQuantity-Time-Topic PhysicalQuantity A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rLxknOmVZQdeQUJLqO_1Uzg" class="cyc_term">ScalarQuantity</a> (q.v.). Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rhywBFkT6EdaAAACgye4oEQ" class="cyc_term">PhysicalQuantity</a> is a quantity that can (at least in principle) be the measure of a physical, spatial, or temporal aspect of an individual. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjb5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mass</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjDAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Area</a>. <p/> For those physical quantities that only characterize <i>tangible objects</i>, see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rygxStLLcQdecMqyUNVYD1g" class="cyc_term">TangiblePhysicalQuantity</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv26H6ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">hasPhysicalQuantity</a>. physical measurable quantity scalar intervals quantity topic ScalarIntervals-Quantity-Topic seeAlsoURI <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4riWVFR6HJSpaEaHrcWS3MSA" class="cyc_term">seeAlsoURI</a> <b>THING</b> <b>URI</b>)</code> means that a description of the resource identified by URI is likely to contain information pertinent to THING. This predicate is roughly equivalent to rdfs:seeAlso. See Also URI A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rr-2NGp7sQdidoL5VyxYMGg" class="cyc_term">MeasurableQuantity</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rUstvYKCIQdiBWaekaRIs-w" class="cyc_term">OneDimensionalQuantity</a> is a measurable quantity that is <i>not</i> defined in terms of (i.e. as the product or ratio of) other quantities. For example, (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi3VJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mile</a> 65) and (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrNJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HoursDuration</a> 1) are both instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rUstvYKCIQdiBWaekaRIs-w" class="cyc_term">OneDimensionalQuantity</a>; but (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkDkZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilesPerHour</a> 65), derived by dividing the former quantity by the latter, is not (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rU9w69qCIQdiaX7o2wbs-og" class="cyc_term">MultiDimensionalQuantity</a>). <p/> Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rUstvYKCIQdiBWaekaRIs-w" class="cyc_term">OneDimensionalQuantity</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Distance</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjb5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mass</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a>. <p/> Each one-dimensional quantity is equal to the result of applying some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ruFr2Fp-7QdiS0NRO_LP5CA" class="cyc_term">OneDimensionalUnitOfMeasure</a> (q.v.) to some number or other <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rnVZQSiCmEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">NumericInterval</a> (or pair of such intervals). If a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rUstvYKCIQdiBWaekaRIs-w" class="cyc_term">OneDimensionalQuantity</a> is multiplied or divided by a numeric-interval, the result is still a one-dimensional quantity; if two one-dimensional quantities that are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r31ZqOrDgQdiBDYcJa-SoRg" class="cyc_term">numericallyComparable</a> (q.v.) are added or subtracted, the result is still a one-dimensional quantity. Conversely, whenever one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rUstvYKCIQdiBWaekaRIs-w" class="cyc_term">OneDimensionalQuantity</a> is multiplied or divided by another <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rUstvYKCIQdiBWaekaRIs-w" class="cyc_term">OneDimensionalQuantity</a>, the result is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rVQ8MvqCIQdicLoOa1pZefg" class="cyc_term">TwoDimensionalQuantity</a>. Two quantities that are not numerically-comparable cannot be added to or substracted from each other. And when a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rUstvYKCIQdiBWaekaRIs-w" class="cyc_term">OneDimensionalQuantity</a> is multiplied or divided by (or divides) a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rVQ8MvqCIQdicLoOa1pZefg" class="cyc_term">TwoDimensionalQuantity</a>, the result is in many cases a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r-7GRzKCIQdiHEaxh2Wf1-g" class="cyc_term">ThreeDimensionalQuantity</a> (q.v.). <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrimitiveOrderedQuantityType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjU7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FundamentalUnitType</a>. one dimensional quantity OneDimensionalQuantity A collection of collections and a specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrimitiveOrderedQuantityType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjZs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MeasurableScalarIntervalType</a> (qq.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkFnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrimitiveMeasurableQuantityType</a> is a totally-ordered collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rUstvYKCIQdiBWaekaRIs-w" class="cyc_term">OneDimensionalQuantity</a> (q.v.). Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjb5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mass</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Distance</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkF25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectricalCharge</a>. <p/> Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVja4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DerivedMeasurableQuantityType</a>. type of fundamental numeric scalar interval PrimitiveMeasurableQuantityType A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rhywBFkT6EdaAAACgye4oEQ" class="cyc_term">PhysicalQuantity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> is a physical quantity, corresponding to a certain &quot;amount of time&quot;, that can be possessed by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>s. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> had by a given thing represents the total amount of time that the thing exists, occurs over, or endures; see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVijs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">duration</a>. Consider a sentence of the form (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVijs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">duration</a> TEMPTHING TIMEQUANT). If TEMPTHING is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>, the sentence means that TEMPTHING exists for a lifetime that is TIMEQUANT in duration. If TEMPTHING is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>, the sentence means that TEMPTHING (fully) transpires over an interval of time that is TIMEQUANT in duration. If TEMPTHING is itself a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a> (q.v.), the sentence means that TEMPTHING has a duration of TIMEQUANT. The standard unit of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> in Cyc is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SecondsDuration</a> (q.v.); but there are other ways to specify an amount of time, e.g. with other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAqpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfMeasure</a> (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkAf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WeeksDuration</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjq75wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YearsDuration</a>) or with instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViZQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LongTime</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViZxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Immediately</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVivcpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AFewDecadesDuration</a>). time Time-Quantity A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rhywBFkT6EdaAAACgye4oEQ" class="cyc_term">PhysicalQuantity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> is a physical quantity, corresponding to a certain &quot;amount of time&quot;, that can be possessed by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>s. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> had by a given thing represents the total amount of time that the thing exists, occurs over, or endures; see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVijs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">duration</a>. Consider a sentence of the form (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVijs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">duration</a> TEMPTHING TIMEQUANT). If TEMPTHING is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>, the sentence means that TEMPTHING exists for a lifetime that is TIMEQUANT in duration. If TEMPTHING is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>, the sentence means that TEMPTHING (fully) transpires over an interval of time that is TIMEQUANT in duration. If TEMPTHING is itself a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a> (q.v.), the sentence means that TEMPTHING has a duration of TIMEQUANT. The standard unit of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> in Cyc is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SecondsDuration</a> (q.v.); but there are other ways to specify an amount of time, e.g. with other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAqpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfMeasure</a> (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkAf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WeeksDuration</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjq75wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YearsDuration</a>) or with instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViApZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Time_Quantity</a> (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViZQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LongTime</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViZxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Immediately</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVivcpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AFewDecadesDuration</a>). time Time-Quantity (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet Time-Quantity TruthValue)) the union of { time, truth value } Analyst-PertinentConcept the intelligence analyst reasoning domain An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ret7qgOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a>. Generally speaking, instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r46fYpnaNEduAAAACs6hbjw" class="cyc_term">Analyst_PertinentConcept</a> are concepts and relations such as are used by intelligence analysts reasoning about threat situations. Specifically, all core concepts in this domain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rgycE6OKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">coreConceptOfDomain</a>) are either 1) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BinaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 2) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TernaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 3:)<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s that are asserted to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvuItPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">argIsa</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BinaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 4) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s that are asserted to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvuItPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">argIsa</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TernaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 5) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s that are asserted to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvyTLHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">argGenl</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TernaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, or 6) concepts or relations that are instances of instances of <font color="#ff0000">#$TKBInterfaceCollection</font>. type of atemporal collection in which membership is necessarily essential AtemporalNecessarilyEssentialCollectionType A collection of collections. Each instance <code><b>COL</b></code> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rqEYnNVMqEdaSKAACs0x8nw" class="cyc_term">AtemporalNecessarilyEssentialCollectionType</a> (<i>ANECT</i>) is a collection satisfying three conditions: (1) <code><b>COL</b></code> is disjoint with (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViA45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">disjointWith</a>) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>, (2) every instance <code><b>INST</b></code> of <code><b>COL</b></code> is an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code> essentially (i.e. <code><b>INST</b></code> is an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code>, and could not exist without being an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code>), and (3) condition (2) is a necessary truth about <code><b>COL</b></code>. <p/> Positive examples of ANECTs include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Collection</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVieEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Integer</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Relation</a> (each of which is a collection of atemporals and is such that, necessarily, all of its instances are in it essentially). Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a> (though arguably it is necessary that all of its instances are essentially instances of it, it is not disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>) and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwP4FM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UniqueAnatomicalPartType</a> (which, though disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>, has instances, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjvDpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Heart</a>, that could exist even if they weren't instances of it; e.g. it might have been the case that every creature with a heart had at least two hearts). There are no known examples of Cyc-reified collections satisfying conditions (1) and (2) but not (3), but one can be contrived. Suppose that all of today's winning lottery numbers were primes. Now consider the collection: <p/> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvrhK-JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionUnionFn</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjkdpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TheSet</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrimeNumber</a> <i>TodaysWinningLotteryNumbers</i>)) <p/> This collection is clearly disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a> and, by hypothesis, all of its instances are in it essentially (as each prime number is essentially a prime number). But this last fact is not <i>necessarily</i> true of this collection: the collection might have had instances that belonged to it only contingently (i.e. not essentially), as it might have been the case that one of today's winning lottery numbers was non-prime, and no number is such that it is essentially one of today's winning lottery numbers. <p/> When asserting that something is an instance or specialization of a given instance of ANECT, it is appropriate to do so in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r3_SgQU2iEdaCwAACs0x8nw" class="cyc_term">UniversalVocabularyMt</a> (q.v.). Indeed, ANECT was specially defined to facilitate the movement of appropriate assertions to that microtheory. <p/> Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rGeylLJTfEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">PragmaticallyDecontextualizedCollection</a>. non aspectual quantity A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rLxknOmVZQdeQUJLqO_1Uzg" class="cyc_term">ScalarQuantity</a> (q.v.). This is the collection of all &quot;non-aspectual&quot; quantities: those that can always be attributed to an object simpliciter, without specifying a particular aspect or dimension of the object that the quantity has to do with. <p/> For example, the degrees of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj_hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Flammability</a> are non-aspectual; an object could be attributed its flammability-level with a generic binary &quot;hasQuantity&quot; predicate. Conversely, a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Distance</a> is aspect-relative; attributing a distance to any multi-dimensional object is relative to the dimension along which the distance is being measured (compare e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjbZpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">lengthOfObject</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">widthOfObject</a>). NonAspectualQuantity