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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 is a type of independent continuant[3].
  • material entity is the opposite of 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].

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Definition and Type

material entity's instance of is recorded as BFO class[2]. It is a type of independent continuant[3]. It is the opposite of immaterial entity[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . commons.wikimedia.org. commons.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_material-entity_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{material entity}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/material-entity}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14439 → 000004
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14439]]: 000004"
  2. 12d ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → —
    Arabic ontology concept id → 293254
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Object"
  3. 12d ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → —
    Subclass of → independent continuant
    Imported from → —
    Exact match → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Object"
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