material entity

Class
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040
Class Hierarchy
Definition

An independent continuant that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time.

Properties
Relationships
Asserted object-property edges to other entities. Logical class axioms such as owl:disjointWith are shown separately below.
isDefinedBy bfo.owl
Used in cases 22

Case ontologies that instantiate this class or one of its base-ontology descendants. Computed from each individual's type, so the list stays current as cases are extracted. The originating case is shown under Extraction details.

Case 4 Case 5 Case 6 Case 7 Case 8 Case 9 Case 10 Case 14 Case 15 Case 16 Case 20 Case 56 Case 57 Case 58 Case 59 Case 71 Case 76 Case 85 Case 86 Case 103 Case 120 Case 121
@prefix bfo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_> . @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#> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . bfo:0000040 a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "material entity"@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy obo:bfo.owl ; rdfs:subClassOf bfo:0000004 ; skos:definition "An independent continuant that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time."@en .
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2026-07-01 13:21