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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. ElectromagneticRadiation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCA9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WavePropagation</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a> is an event that arises from the interaction of an electrical field and a magnetic field. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj2CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisibleLight</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioWave</a>s, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4XIApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">XRay</a>s. electromagnetic radiation EM radiation radiation Electromagnetic radiation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-electromagnetic_radiation-noun-1 microwave A collection of events; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a>. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwCEQM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MicrowaveRadiation</a> is an instance of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the range from approximately .01 centimeters (1X10^6 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB5bJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Angstrom</a>) to 10 centimeters (1X10^9 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB5bJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Angstrom</a>), and a frequency of approximately 3X10^9 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a> to 3X10^12 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a>. This includes transmissions of super high frequency (SHF) including <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwEKjp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microwave_SBand</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvuIx-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microwave_CBand</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvY63VpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microwave_XBand</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXt2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microwave_KuBand</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvsJon5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microwave_KaBand</a>. MicrowaveRadiation (SubcollectionOfWithRelationToFn ElectromagneticRadiation hasModulationProperty FrequencyModulation) electromagnetic radiation with the modulation property frequency modulation high frequency radiation HighFrequencyEMRadiation This is the collection of events consisting of the propogation of electromagnetic radiation and associated with photons, a particle which lacks rest mass. Somewhat paradoxically, light has both a wavelike and a particle-like nature. light Light low frequency radiation LowFrequencyEMRadiation gamma ray A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwFzkt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GammaRay</a> is an instance of electromagnetic radiation that has a wavelength (see the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCW1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">wavelength</a>) of less than 1x10^-2 angstroms (see the constant <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB5bJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Angstrom</a>). Low power instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwFzkt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GammaRay</a> overlap with high power instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4XIApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">XRay</a> (q.v.). GammaRay Microwave-UpperSBand A collection of events; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwCEQM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MicrowaveRadiation</a>. microwave upper s band InfraredRadiation A collection of events; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a>. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPR7LpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InfraredRadiation</a> is an instance of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the range from approximately 7X10^5 centimeters (7000 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB5bJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Angstrom</a>) to .01 centimeters (1X10^6 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB5bJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Angstrom</a>), and a frequency of approximately 3X10^12 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a> to 4.3X10^14 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a>. infrared radiation electromagnetic radiation with the modulation property amplitude modulation (SubcollectionOfWithRelationToFn ElectromagneticRadiation hasModulationProperty AmplitudeModulation) PolarizedElectromagneticRadiation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rsio3Nnk_Ed2AAABQjYGu0g" class="cyc_term">PolarizedElectromagneticRadiation</a> is a propagation of polarized electromagnetic radiation. polarized electromagnetic radiation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4XIApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">XRay</a> is some electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength (see the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCW1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">wavelength</a>) ranging from about 1 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB5bJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Angstrom</a> to 1x10^-3 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB5bJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Angstrom</a>s. x-ray XRay radio wave RadioWave A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioWave</a> is an instance of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the range from approximately 1 centimeter (1x10⁸ <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB5bJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Angstrom</a>) to 3,000,000 meters (3x10¹⁸ <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQB5bJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Angstrom</a>), and a frequency of approximately 10⁸ <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a> to 10² <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a>. airwave Airwaves The collection of all airwaves. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rxiLAsjFwQdiWmtUAkzgPRg" class="cyc_term">Airwaves</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWy_oJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiationTypeByWaveFrequency</a>. S Band microwave radiation A collection of events; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwCEQM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MicrowaveRadiation</a>. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwEKjp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microwave_SBand</a> is an instance of electromagnetic radiation having a frequency of approximately 2X10^9 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a> to 4X10^9 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a>. Microwave-SBand C Band microwave radiation Microwave-CBand A collection of events; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwCEQM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MicrowaveRadiation</a>. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvuIx-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microwave_CBand</a> is an instance of electromagnetic radiation having a frequency of approximately 4X10^9 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a> to 8X10^9 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hertz</a>. ElectromagneticRadiation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCA9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WavePropagation</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a> is an event that arises from the interaction of an electrical field and a magnetic field. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj2CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisibleLight</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioWave</a>s, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4XIApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">XRay</a>s. electromagnetic radiation wave propagation WavePropagation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4GokJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Translocation</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCA9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WavePropagation</a> is an event in which a wavelike disturbance propagates through space, with or without a medium. A wave propagation is like a translational movement (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViOcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Movement_TranslationEvent</a>) in that it can have both a starting and an ending point (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjiI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">fromLocation</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">toLocation</a>), but differs from a translational motion in that there is no object moving (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkEjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectMoving</a>). Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCA9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WavePropagation</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvpmpZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sound</a>. 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 TypesOfWavePhenomena-Wave-Topic types of wave phenomena wave topic ElectromagneticRadiation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCA9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WavePropagation</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a> is an event that arises from the interaction of an electrical field and a magnetic field. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj2CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisibleLight</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioWave</a>s, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4XIApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">XRay</a>s. electromagnetic radiation 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> <b>THING</b> <b>URI</b>)</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 WavePropagationType type of wave propogation A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvzMdb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WavePropagationType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCA9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WavePropagation</a> (q.v). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvzMdb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WavePropagationType</a> include the collections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvpmpZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sound</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj2CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisibleLight</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4XIApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">XRay</a>. ElectromagneticRadiation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCA9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WavePropagation</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a> is an event that arises from the interaction of an electrical field and a magnetic field. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectromagneticRadiation</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj2CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisibleLight</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCWK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioWave</a>s, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4XIApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">XRay</a>s. electromagnetic radiation 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