pm#entity  something that can be "involved" in a situation
  closed_exclusion:  pm#situation
  supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
  subtype:  sumo#object__entity_with_spatial_feature  spatial object (space, location or physical object) or description medium/container (e.g., string, language, image); in a 4D ontology, an object is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into spatial parts roughly parallel to the time-axis
     subtype:  pm#spatial_object__spatialobject  object which as a direct spatial location, e.g., physical object, spatial region or shape
     subtype:  sumo#self_connected_object  object that does not consist of two or more disconnected parts
     subtype:  sumo#collection__physical_collection  such a collection has members like a class, but unlike a class, it has a position in space-time and members can be added and subtracted without thereby changing the identity of the collection; some examples are toolkits, football teams, and flocks of sheep
  subtype:  pm#non_spatial_object__nonspatialobject  abstraction or description content/medium/container (a description medium that has some spatial feature is both instance of sumo#object and pm#non_spatial_object
     subtype:  pm#attribute_or_quality_or_measure  e.g., mass, mass unit, 1 kg, frequency, [2-3] hz, color, blue, speed, 1 m/s
     subtype:  pm#non_spatial_object_that_is_not_an_attribute_or_quality_or_measure
     subtype:  sumo#abstract__entity_without_spatial_feature  e.g., knowledge, motivation, measure; properties or qualities as distinguished from any particular embodiment of the properties/qualities in a physical medium; instances of sumo#abstract can be said to exist in the same sense as mathematical objects such as sets and relations, but they cannot exist at a particular place or time without some physical encoding or embodiment
     subtype:  pm#non_spatial_object_playing_some_role
  subtype:  pm#entity_playing_some_role  e.g., an agent, an owner
     subtype:  pm#owned_entity__ownedentity
     subtype:  pm#entity_part
     subtype:  #variable  something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered"
     subtype:  pm#tool
     subtype:  pm#situation_result__situationresult
     subtype:  pm#process_recipient__processrecipient  recipient of a process
     subtype:  pm#process_object__processobject
     subtype:  pm#causal_entity__agent  something (animal or software agent) able to act
     subtype:  pm#imaginary_entity__imaginaryentity  an entity that has been imagined
     subtype:  #essential__necessity__requirement__requisite__necessary  anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
     subtype:  #inessential__nonessential  anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
     subtype:  #self-contained_entity__thing  a separate and self-contained entity
     subtype:  #anticipation  some early entity whose type or style anticipates a later one; "there were many anticipations of Darwinian theory"; "the hour glass was an anticipation of the clock"
     subtype:  #unnamed_thing__unnamedthing__thing  an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
     subtype:  #holy_of_holies  something that is regarded as inviolable or sacred; "every politician fears to touch that holy of holies, the Social Security System"
     subtype:  #representation  creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
  subtype:  dl#endurant__ED
     subtype:  dl#physical_endurant__PED
     subtype:  dl#non-physical_endurant__NPED
     subtype:  dl#arbitrary_sum__arbitrarysum__AS  e.g., the collection of a car and a foot
  subtype:  pm#undivisible_entity__undivisibleentity  many classifications under this category are application-dependant
  subtype:  pm#divisible_entity__divisibleentity  many classifications under this category are application-dependant
     subtype:  pm#collection  something gathering separated things (entities/situations)
     subtype:  sumo#corpuscular_object__corpuscularobject__composite_entity__compositeentity___divisible_entity_with_discrete_parts  self_connected_object whose parts have properties that are not shared by the whole
     subtype:  pm#amount_of_matter
     subtype:  lis#arranged_individual  possible_individual that has parts that play distinct roles with respect to the whole; click here for details
  subtype:  pm#entity_categorized_in_an_ontology
     subtype:  aktp#Publication-reference_or_Information-Bearing-Object_or_Technology_or_Method

2 statements are about direct instances of pm#entity: pm#graph1_on_description, pm#graph1_on_research_staff

pm#entity has many specializing statements. Browse its subtypes, or click here for a search form or here to represent such an object.

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