]> 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. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> is a topographical feature of significantly higher elevation than its surrounding area. Mountains may occur individually or as part of a chain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViQU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountEverest</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj3PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountLogan</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwAT-T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kebnekaise_Sweden</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>. mountain Mountain peak peaks mounts mountains mount

Mountain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-mountain-noun-1 stratovolcano Stratovolcano A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> (q.v.) Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rU1HXyjPGEduAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Stratovolcano</a> is a tall conical volcano caused by the subduction of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv-KysZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TectonicPlate</a>s. Active stratovolcanoes are characterized by frequent eruptions, with highly viscous lava flows that harden quickly. seamount A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rw87kPIIlEdqAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">Seamount</a> is an underwater <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> rising from the seafloor that does not reach to the surface of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBWdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsOceanSea</a>. Seamount TirichMir-Mount Tirich Mir high mountain on Afghanistan-Pakistan border Ararat Ararat-Mount A mountain where Noah's ark was supposed to have landed MaunaKea-Volcano Mauna Kea dormant Hawaiian volcano This is a proposed site of a large-scale repository for nuclear waste. Yucca Mountain Repository YuccaMountainNevada The mountain (c.f., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>) into which the Mount Rushmore Monument (c.f., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPzry5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountRushmoreMonument</a>) was carved. Rushmore Rushmore-Mountain Mt. Pizzo Rotondo highest peak in the SaintGotthard- mountains PizzoRotondo-Mount mountain famed in Greek antiquity and mythology Mt. Parnassus MountParnassus SaintMarysPeak-Mount highest peak in the FlindersRanges St. Mary's Peak VinsonMassif-Mount Vinson Massif A mountain and the highest point in Antarctica MountKosciusko highest peak in the AustralianAlps Mt. Kosciusko major mountain of Br. Columbia Mt. Waddington MountWaddington Mauna Loa intermittently active Hawaiian volcano MaunaLoa-Volcano Mt. Whitney MountWhitney highest peak in Sierra Nevada highest peak in the GreatSmoky mountains ClingmansDome-Mount Clingmans Dome K2-Mountain K2 A mountain and the second highest point in Asia. MountRanier Mt. Ranier Mt. Wilson MountWilson MountSabalan Mt. Sabalan highest peak in the Rocky mountains MountElbert Mt. Elbert Mt. Kibo A MountainPeak on MtKilimanjaro and the highest point in Africa - in the Country Tanzania. MountKibo Kebnekaise-Sweden Kebnekaise Mt. Killington MountKillington A mountain and the highest point in Asia MountEverest Mount Everest mountain of Colorado near the edge of the Great Plains PikesPeak-Mount Pike's Peak Mt. Mitchell MountMitchell highest peak in the Appalachians highest peak in the Pyrenees- mountains Pico de Aneto PicoDeAneto-Mount highest peak in the SouthernAlps- mountains MountCook Mt. Cook MountSinai Mount Sinai Mt. Marcy Adirondack peak MountMarcy A mountain and the highest point in the Americas. Aconcagua-Mount Mt. Aconcagua DiamondHead-Mountain Diamond Head prominent landmark of Honolulu waterfront Narodnaya-Mount Narodnaya highest peak in the Ural mountains MountElbrus Mt. Elbrus A mountain and considered the highest point in Europe by some mountain famed in Greek antiquity and mythology MountOlympus Mt. Olympus highest peak in the TetonRange- mountains Grand Teton GrandTeton-Mount Jebel Toubkal JebelToubkal-Mount highest peak in the Atlas mountains MountCommunism Mt. Communism twice renamed Russian mountain MontBlanc-Mount Mont Blanc famous French peak Harney peak HarneyPeak-Mount highest peak in the BlackHills AyersRock Ayers Rock Mt. McKinley A mountain and the highest point in NorthAmerica. MountMcKinley the Matterhorn Matterhorn-Mount A distinctive pyramidal peak MountLogan Mount Logan A mountain and the highest point in Canada Gerlachovka-Mount Gerlachovka highest peak in the Carpathian mountains Mt. Como highest peak in the Apennines MountComo An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rgQuFAV2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Geography_Topic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a> which (in some significant sense) has to do with the topic of geography. Geography-Topic geography-topic <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rummjkLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">NaturalFeatureType</a> is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r6-wc8BKxEdeIXwCgydofLQ" class="cyc_term">CartographicFeatureType</a>s which naturally occur on the surface of the Earth. Positive examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgD8VZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mesa</a>. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WaterReservoir</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rT2uByCTVQdeVZZaE0030Zg" class="cyc_term">Airfield</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ru-8ymLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">ArtifactualFeatureType</a>, the corresponding collection for feature types which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s. natural feature type NaturalFeatureType 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 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 DB pedia OWL class DBPediaOWLClass A collection of collections. Each instance of this collection is a collection that corresponds to one of the classes in the DBPedia ontology. (SolidFn LandStuff) solid ground BT broaderTerm <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> is a topographical feature of significantly higher elevation than its surrounding area. Mountains may occur individually or as part of a chain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViQU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountEverest</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj3PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountLogan</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwAT-T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kebnekaise_Sweden</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>. mountain Mountain 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 A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> is a topographical feature of significantly higher elevation than its surrounding area. Mountains may occur individually or as part of a chain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViQU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountEverest</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj3PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountLogan</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwAT-T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kebnekaise_Sweden</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>. mountain Mountain (SpatialScaleComparableIndividualsFn Kilometer) kilometre - scales object A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> is a topographical feature of significantly higher elevation than its surrounding area. Mountains may occur individually or as part of a chain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViQU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountEverest</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj3PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountLogan</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwAT-T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kebnekaise_Sweden</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>. mountain Mountain A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> is a topographical feature of significantly higher elevation than its surrounding area. Mountains may occur individually or as part of a chain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViQU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountEverest</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj3PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountLogan</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwAT-T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kebnekaise_Sweden</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>. mountain Mountain NaturalThing natural thing The notoriously hard to define collection of "natural" things. An individual is an instance of this collection if it is itself an individual or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvYjIS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Situation</a> that occurs in nature, i.e., not as a result of an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>'s (or group thereof) intentions to modify the environment, or else is an individual that is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWStbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">outputsCreated</a> of an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a> that is itself natural. A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/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/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwS7huJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Protrusion</a> (qq.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rIp032uHpEdmAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">VerticalProtrusion_Topographical</a> is a natural, upward protrusion from the surrounding part of the Earth's surface. Specializations of this collection include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEUypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hill</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>. VerticalProtrusion-Topographical vertical protrusion topographical Place A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a> (q.v). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a> is a spatial thing which has a relatively permanent location. Thus, in a given microtheory, each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a> is stationary with respect to the frame of reference of that microtheory. place Instances are the spatial regions (usually 3d) depicted or displayed in a visual image. scene ImageSpace 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