]> 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. Volcano A collection of topographical features. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> is a mountain created by the outflow of lava. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> may or may not be active volcanoes. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjuO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vesuvius_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjmHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountFuji_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj--ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Popocatepetl_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViRF5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Krakatoa_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjmopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MaunaKea_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi6WpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountSaintHelens_Volcano</a>. volcano volcanic most volcanic volcanoes volcanos more volcanic

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-vent-noun-3 http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-volcano-noun-2 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. shield volcano ShieldVolcano 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/Mx4rH6ADSDPGEduAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">ShieldVolcano</a> is a wide volcano with shallow sloping sides. Such volcanoes are characterized lava flows with low viscosity. 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/Mx4ryvwmwjPGEduAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">CinderCone</a> is volcano that extrudes mainly scoria and pyroclastics that build up around the vent. CinderCone cinder cone extinct volcano 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/Mx4rdcqnjjPJEduAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">ExtinctVolcano</a> is a volcano that is no longer expected to erupt. ExtinctVolcano Krakatoa-Volcano Krakatoa A volcano which erupted in (what is now) Indonesia in 1883) in one of most violent eruptions in modern time.s MountUsu-Volcano Mount Usu Volcano Mount Oyama MountOyama-Volcano Vulcano active volcano of Sicily Vulcano-Volcano 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 Volcano A collection of topographical features. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> is a mountain created by the outflow of lava. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> may or may not be active volcanoes. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjuO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vesuvius_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjmHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountFuji_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj--ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Popocatepetl_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViRF5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Krakatoa_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjmopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MaunaKea_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi6WpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountSaintHelens_Volcano</a>. volcano land topographical feature LandTopographicalFeature A collection of geographical regions and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjORZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a> is a region of land distinguishable from surrounding regions by salient physical differences in surface texture, three-dimensional shape, or elevation. Note that this collection includes features that are covered by bodies of water, snow, or ice. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPKjXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Crater</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. Instances include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPuYTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountZion</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVid-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SanAndreasFault</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVinuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GreatSmokyMountains</a>, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjXxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JavaTrench</a>. (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. Volcano A collection of topographical features. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> is a mountain created by the outflow of lava. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> may or may not be active volcanoes. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjuO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vesuvius_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjmHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountFuji_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj--ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Popocatepetl_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViRF5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Krakatoa_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjmopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MaunaKea_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi6WpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountSaintHelens_Volcano</a>. volcano 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 Volcano A collection of topographical features. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> is a mountain created by the outflow of lava. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> may or may not be active volcanoes. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjuO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vesuvius_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjmHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountFuji_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj--ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Popocatepetl_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViRF5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Krakatoa_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjmopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MaunaKea_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi6WpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountSaintHelens_Volcano</a>. volcano 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 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 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