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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. sedimentary rock Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvhyXnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SedimentaryRock</a> are pieces of rock that have been formed through a process of compaction and cementation of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwSxfpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sediment</a>. SedimentaryRock sedimentary rocks Sedimentary rock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedimentary_rock (SubcollectionOfWithRelationToTypeFn SedimentaryRock physicalDecompositions Phosphate) sedimentary rock with some phosphate as a physical decomposition TangibleStuffStateType A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDEAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffStateType</a> is a collection of pieces of tangible stuff that are all in the same distinct physical state, where the notion of &quot;physical state&quot; is a naive (as in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViQipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NaivePhysicsMt</a>) concept of a distinctive physical structure and/or texture. Some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDEAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffStateType</a> have distinctive chemical compositions, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgC2UJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Diamond</a>; but for collections that are distinguished <i>solely</i> on the basis of chemical composition, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViGSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffCompositionType</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDEAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffStateType</a> includes both (i) collections of substances that can exist only in one distinct physical state (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgC2UJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Diamond</a> again) and (ii) collections of pieces of stuff that by definition are in a certain distinct state (e.g. ice). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDEAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffStateType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB16JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Foam</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvnmroZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Rubble</a>, and (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPzX35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LiquidFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjAHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Water</a>). Note that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjAHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Water</a> per se is <i>not</i> an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgDEAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TangibleStuffStateType</a>, since some water is in a gaseous state or a solid state. tangible stuff state type 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 sedimentary rock Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvhyXnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SedimentaryRock</a> are pieces of rock that have been formed through a process of compaction and cementation of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwSxfpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sediment</a>. SedimentaryRock 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 sedimentary rock Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvhyXnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SedimentaryRock</a> are pieces of rock that have been formed through a process of compaction and cementation of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwSxfpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sediment</a>. SedimentaryRock stone A specialization of (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPzX0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolidFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwEzJMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RockyPlanetaryStuff</a>). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StoneStuff</a> is a piece or portion of rock or stone. Stone is widely used as a material for the construction of buildings, walls, monuments, and sculptures. StoneStuff sedimentary rock Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvhyXnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SedimentaryRock</a> are pieces of rock that have been formed through a process of compaction and cementation of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwSxfpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sediment</a>. SedimentaryRock 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