]> 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. timepiece A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MechanicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjz8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Clock</a> is a device designed to be used to keep track of time. Clock clocks timepieces clock

Clock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-clock-noun-1 A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjz8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Clock</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvwP3X5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Watch</a> is a clock that is designed to be easily transported (typically worn) by a person. watch Watch ticking When a timer is in this state, it will finish (maybe activate the device it's a part of) when the time is up. TickingState WallClock A type of clock which hangs on the wall. wall clock AlarmClock alarm clock A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvh8SuLPZQdeVlt8feflcZg" class="cyc_term">DeviceTypeByFunction</a> and specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjz8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Clock</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r9gzS1MJsEdmAAACQJw5drg" class="cyc_term">AlarmClock</a> is a clock with an alarm that can be set to go off at certain time (e.g., to wake someone up). KitchenTimer The collection of kitchen/egg timers. kitchen timer A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjz8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Clock</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvnDJApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AtomicClock</a> uses certain resonance frequencies of atoms to keep time with extreme accuracy. atomic clock AtomicClock Timer A type of time measurment device that can be set for a particular amount of time. When activated, it will begin counting the time, and will finish when that amount of time has passed. Sometimes a timer will activate a bell or something to let the user know the time is up, but timers can also be used to activate other devices. timer A type of clock which usually stands on the ground and has a pendulum. grandfather clock GrandfatherClock 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 A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjPmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolidTangibleArtifact</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmfXlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectWithUse</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a> is an artifact with a relatively rigid, set shape, designed for a specific use or to perform a specific function. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a> thus include (among others) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjT95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RoadVehicle</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjXLZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Motorboat</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVig-pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HandTool</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1epwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlumbingFixture</a>. Note that artifacts which are only to be viewed or can only be "used" in a very loose or metaphorical sense, such as instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgD3u5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buoy</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVis2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sculpture</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowerBed</a>, or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViflJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Billboard</a>, are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. Moreover, artifacts which have a specific use or function, but which do not have a relatively rigid, set shape are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>; for this reason, neither <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjxdpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GasolineFuel</a> nor <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVifm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AntiFreeze</a> are specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. device PhysicalDevice 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. SpatiallyDisjointObjectType type of object whose instances do not physically overlap A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is a collection C of spatial things (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a>), where each of the spatial things in C is spatially disjoint with the other spatial things in C. For example, the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjaoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dog</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, since dogs do not spatially overlap. Even pregnant dogs do not spatially overlap the pups they bear; rather, pregnant dogs contain their unborn pups. Other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwVGrQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LatitudeLine</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvW4n1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CompactDisc_Audio</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwR7UWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetaryBody</a>. An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointRegionType</a> (a collection of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a>). MechanicalDevice mechanical device A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MechanicalDevice</a> is a physical device which has at least one part that moves with respect to another one of its parts. Thus a spoon is not an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MechanicalDevice</a>, but a pair of scissors is, as are more complex devices such as vacuum cleaners and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQws45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpaceShuttleChallenger</a>. timepiece A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MechanicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjz8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Clock</a> is a device designed to be used to keep track of time. Clock 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 (CollectionDifferenceFn HumanScaleObject SpaceInAHOC) human-scale object that is not an indoor space timepiece A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MechanicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjz8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Clock</a> is a device designed to be used to keep track of time. Clock 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 timepiece A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MechanicalDevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjz8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Clock</a> is a device designed to be used to keep track of time. Clock 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 non-agentive artifact An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvjSBSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_Generic</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvY5LhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_NonAgentive</a> is the collection of all artifacts that are _not_ agents (i.e., that are _not_ instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a>). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvY5LhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_NonAgentive</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjo0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bicycle</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPvIyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pants</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjNzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FoodUtensil</a>. Artifact-NonAgentive Opaque opaque thing <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVE41HS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Opaque</a> is a #$PhysicalAttribute representing a specific degree of #$Transparency. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVE41HS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Opaque</a> objects do not transmit light. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rzE0vGn7_EdaAAAABAjVgzA" class="cyc_term">transparencyOfObject</a>.