disposition

Class
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000016
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role
From owl:disjointWith and owl:AllDisjointClasses membership; the listed classes are pairwise disjoint with this one.
Property Structure
Referenced By rdfs:range on this class or ancestor
FromPropertyDescription
Semantic Change Event evidencedBy Links semantic change event to documentary evidence supporting its identification.
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@prefix obo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . obo:BFO_0000016 a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "disposition"@en ; obo:BFO_0000179 "disposition" ; obo:BFO_0000180 "Disposition" ; obo:IAO_0000112 "an atom of element X has the disposition to decay to an atom of element Y"@en, "certain people have a predisposition to colon cancer"@en, "children are innately disposed to categorize objects in certain ways."@en, "the cell wall is disposed to filter chemicals in endocytosis and exocytosis"@en ; obo:IAO_0000116 "BFO 2 Reference: Dispositions exist along a strength continuum. Weaker forms of disposition are realized in only a fraction of triggering cases. These forms occur in a significant number of cases of a similar type."@en ; obo:IAO_0000600 "b is a disposition means: b is a realizable entity & b’s bearer is some material entity & b is such that if it ceases to exist, then its bearer is physically changed, & b’s realization occurs when and because this bearer is in some special physical circumstances, & this realization occurs in virtue of the bearer’s physical make-up. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [062-002])"@en ; obo:IAO_0000601 "If b is a realizable entity then for all t at which b exists, b s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [063-002])"@en ; obo:IAO_0000602 "(forall (x t) (if (and (RealizableEntity x) (existsAt x t)) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (specificallyDepends x y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [063-002] ", "(forall (x) (if (Disposition x) (and (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (bearerOfAt x y t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [062-002] " ; rdfs:isDefinedBy obo:bfo.owl ; rdfs:subClassOf obo:BFO_0000017 ; owl:disjointWith obo:BFO_0000023 .
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