]> 2009/04/07 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2009 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. 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. 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. Temperature temperature A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rygxStLLcQdecMqyUNVYD1g" class="cyc_term">TangiblePhysicalQuantity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a> is a degree of "hotness" -- or, more precisely, the potential for heat transfer -- that some tangible thing might have. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a> might be either a fixed point-value, such as 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVixf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfTemperature</a>), or a range, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDGt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanHabitableTemperature</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi-EpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TooHotToTouch</a>. temperatures

Temperature

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-temperature-noun-1 freezing point (SubcollectionOfWithRelationFromTypeFn Temperature freezingPoint PartiallyTangible) boiling point (SubcollectionOfWithRelationFromTypeFn Temperature boilingPoint PartiallyTangible) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVic_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VeryHot</a> is a generic temperature quantity that corresponds to very <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rn6CcGB4mQdmA3faRG2sjYw" class="cyc_term">Hot</a> temperatures. Such temperatures are typically unpleasant to experience, and may be dangerous for animals exposed to them for long periods of time. VeryHot very hot <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj4x5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ModeratelyHot</a> is a generic temperature quantity that corresponds to temperatures that are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rn6CcGB4mQdmA3faRG2sjYw" class="cyc_term">Hot</a> but not quite <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVic_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VeryHot</a>. ModeratelyHot moderately hotness Room temperature, 20-25 degrees celsius. RoomTemperature room temperature a very low level of temperature (VeryLowAmountFn Temperature) Too Hot To Touch TooHotToTouch A temperature that would be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi-EpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TooHotToTouch</a>, not WarmToTheTouch and not RoomTemperature. For humans this is set to 150 degrees Fahrenheit or hotter. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPcgSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BelowFreezingOnEarth</a> is a generic temperature quantity which includes the range of naturally occurring temperatures on the surface of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkL_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetEarth</a> that are below the freezing point of fresh water. Approx. -70 to +32 degrees Fahrenheit. BelowFreezingOnEarth Below Freezing On Earth Cold <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rjyWnoh4mQdmJM4Ta1_xEmQ" class="cyc_term">Cold</a> is a generic temperature quantity that corresponds to temperatures that are lower than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi7V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cool</a> and are often found to be unpleasant. cold VeryCold <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViKPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VeryCold</a> is a generic temperature quantity that corresponds to very <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rjyWnoh4mQdmJM4Ta1_xEmQ" class="cyc_term">Cold</a> temperatures. Such temperatures are typically very unpleasant to experience and may be dangerous for animals exposed to them for long periods of time. very cold (HighAmountFn Temperature) moderately hotness Warm warmth <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi715wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Warm</a> is a generic temperature quantity which corresponds to a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat. CoolToCold <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwjkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CoolToCold</a> is a generic temperature value that corresponds to temperatures that roughly fall between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi7V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cool</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rjyWnoh4mQdmJM4Ta1_xEmQ" class="cyc_term">Cold</a>. chill <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPcfEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AboveFreezingOnEarth</a> is a generic temperature quantity that includes the range of naturally occurring above-freezing temperatures on the surface of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkL_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetEarth</a>. Approx. 32 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit. AboveFreezingOnEarth above freezing (LowAmountFn Temperature) moderately cold <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rn6CcGB4mQdmA3faRG2sjYw" class="cyc_term">Hot</a> is a generic temperature quantity that corresponds to a higher than desirable temperature, often causing a sensation of heat or burning. Hot (temperature) Hot cool Cool <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi7V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cool</a> is a generic temperature quantity which is between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi715wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Warm</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rjyWnoh4mQdmJM4Ta1_xEmQ" class="cyc_term">Cold</a> and often gives relief from the heat. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDGt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanHabitableTemperature</a> is a generic temperature quantity that includes the temperatures at which humans normally find habitable. Such temperatures range from <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi7EZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ModeratelyCold</a> to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj4x5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ModeratelyHot</a>. human habitable temperature HumanHabitableTemperature <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVidOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BitterlyCold</a> is a generic temperature value that corresponds to temperatures that are extremely, or bitterly, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rjyWnoh4mQdmJM4Ta1_xEmQ" class="cyc_term">Cold</a>. Such temperatures are lower than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViKPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VeryCold</a> temperatures and exposure to them for long periods of time can be dangerous for animals. bitterly cold BitterlyCold moderately cold <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi7EZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ModeratelyCold</a> is a generic temperature quantity that corresponds to temperatures that are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rjyWnoh4mQdmJM4Ta1_xEmQ" class="cyc_term">Cold</a> but not quite <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViKPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VeryCold</a>. ModeratelyCold (MediumAmountFn Temperature) warmth temperate to hot <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPcodZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemperateToHot</a> is a generic temperature quantity that is not uncomfortably cool for people. In this range, we would not expect a person to have to wear much, if any, clothing for warmth. Approximately 55 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit. TemperateToHot a very high level of temperature (VeryHighAmountFn Temperature) Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature. It is defined as 0 on the Kelvin scale, or -273 on the Celcius scale. It is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwt0ApI_sQdieVOkl2A6YFQ" class="cyc_term">ScalarNullValue</a>. absolute zero AbsoluteZero between bitterly cold and moderately cold ColdToBitterlyCold 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 Temperature temperature A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rygxStLLcQdecMqyUNVYD1g" class="cyc_term">TangiblePhysicalQuantity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a> is a degree of "hotness" -- or, more precisely, the potential for heat transfer -- that some tangible thing might have. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a> might be either a fixed point-value, such as 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVixf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfTemperature</a>), or a range, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDGt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanHabitableTemperature</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi-EpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TooHotToTouch</a>. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. WeatherAttributes-Weather-Topic weather attributes weather topic Temperature temperature A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rygxStLLcQdecMqyUNVYD1g" class="cyc_term">TangiblePhysicalQuantity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a> is a degree of "hotness" -- or, more precisely, the potential for heat transfer -- that some tangible thing might have. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a> might be either a fixed point-value, such as 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVixf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfTemperature</a>), or a range, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDGt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanHabitableTemperature</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi-EpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TooHotToTouch</a>. 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>. For those physical quantities that only characterize tangible objects, 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 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 scalar intervals quantity topic ScalarIntervals-Quantity-Topic seeAlsoURI <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4riWVFR6HJSpaEaHrcWS3MSA" class="cyc_term">seeAlsoURI</a> THING URI)</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 not 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>). 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>. 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.). 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 Temperature temperature A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rygxStLLcQdecMqyUNVYD1g" class="cyc_term">TangiblePhysicalQuantity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a> is a degree of "hotness" -- or, more precisely, the potential for heat transfer -- that some tangible thing might have. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Temperature</a> might be either a fixed point-value, such as 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVixf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfTemperature</a>), or a range, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDGt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanHabitableTemperature</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi-EpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TooHotToTouch</a>. 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>. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVja4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DerivedMeasurableQuantityType</a>. type of fundamental numeric scalar interval PrimitiveMeasurableQuantityType 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 type of atemporal collection in which membership is necessarily essential AtemporalNecessarilyEssentialCollectionType A collection of collections. Each instance <code>COL</code> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rqEYnNVMqEdaSKAACs0x8nw" class="cyc_term">AtemporalNecessarilyEssentialCollectionType</a> (ANECT) is a collection satisfying three conditions: (1) <code>COL</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>INST</code> of <code>COL</code> is an instance of <code>COL</code> essentially (i.e. <code>INST</code> is an instance of <code>COL</code>, and could not exist without being an instance of <code>COL</code>), and (3) condition (2) is a necessary truth about <code>COL</code>. 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: (<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> TodaysWinningLotteryNumbers)) 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 necessarily 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. 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. 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 "non-aspectual" 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. 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 "hasQuantity" 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