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]. It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • material entity's instance of is recorded as BFO class[3].
  • material entity's instance of is recorded as first-order class[4].
  • material entity is a type of independent continuant[5].
  • material entity is the opposite of immaterial entity[6].
  • material entity's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040[7].
  • material entity's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#MaterialEntity[8].
  • material entity's different from is recorded as Materie[9].
  • material entity's different from is recorded as physical object[10].
  • material entity's different from is recorded as matter[11].
  • material entity's different from is recorded as matter in philosophy[12].
  • material entity's different from is recorded as Q141222889[13].
  • material entity's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040[14].
  • material entity's has boundary is recorded as Q141149287[15].
  • material entity's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Ontology[16].
  • material entity's P14439 is recorded as 000004[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include BFO class[3] and first-order class[4]. material entity is a type of independent continuant[5]. It is the opposite of immaterial entity[6].

Why It Matters

material entity is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . commons.wikimedia.org. commons.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Q141222616. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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: 2026-10-01}}
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Edit History

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. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 4
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'es', 'ht', 'lv']
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Ontology
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6104]]: [[Q60005226]]"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Materie, physical object, matter +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q141222889]]"
  3. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2888]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040"
  4. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040, http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#MaterialEntity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#MaterialEntity"
  5. 5w ago · Peter F. Patel-Schneider · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → BFO class, first-order class
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q104086571]]"
  6. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040, http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#MaterialEntity
    Exact match → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P2888]] to [[Property:P1709]]"
  7. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has boundary → Q141149287
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4777]]: [[Q141149287]]"
  8. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14439 → 000004
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14439]]: 000004"
  9. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040, http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#MaterialEntity
    Arabic ontology concept id → 293254
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Object"
  10. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040, http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#MaterialEntity
    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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