realizable entity

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000017
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From owl:disjointWith and owl:AllDisjointClasses membership; the listed classes are pairwise disjoint with this one.
@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_0000017 a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "realizable entity"@en ; obo:BFO_0000179 "realizable" ; obo:BFO_0000180 "RealizableEntity" ; obo:IAO_0000112 "the disposition of this piece of metal to conduct electricity."@en, "the disposition of your blood to coagulate"@en, "the function of your reproductive organs"@en, "the role of being a doctor"@en, "the role of this boundary to delineate where Utah and Colorado meet"@en ; obo:IAO_0000600 "To say that b is a realizable entity is to say that b is a specifically dependent continuant that inheres in some independent continuant which is not a spatial region and is of a type instances of which are realized in processes of a correlated type. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [058-002])"@en ; obo:IAO_0000601 "All realizable dependent continuants have independent continuants that are not spatial regions as their bearers. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [060-002])"@en ; obo:IAO_0000602 "(forall (x t) (if (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (IndependentContinuant y) (not (SpatialRegion y)) (bearerOfAt y x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [060-002] ", "(forall (x) (if (RealizableEntity x) (and (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x) (exists (y) (and (IndependentContinuant y) (not (SpatialRegion y)) (inheresIn x y)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [058-002] " ; rdfs:isDefinedBy obo:bfo.owl ; rdfs:subClassOf obo:BFO_0000020 ; owl:disjointWith obo:BFO_0000019 .
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