material entity

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

Summary

material entity is a BFO class[1].

Key Facts

  • material entity's instance of is recorded as BFO class[2].
  • material entity's subclass of is recorded as independent continuant[3].
  • material entity's opposite of is recorded as immaterial entity[4].
  • material entity's different from is recorded as Materie[5].
  • material entity's different from is recorded as physical object[6].
  • material entity's different from is recorded as matter[7].
  • material entity's different from is recorded as matter in philosophy[8].
  • material entity's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040[9].
  • material entity's BFO class ID is recorded as 0000040[10].

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