loading...| Preferred Name | quality | |
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A dependent entity that inheres in a bearer by virtue of how the bearer is related to other entities. A quality is a specifically dependent continuant that, in contrast to roles and dispositions, does not require any further process in order to be realized. A quality is an attribute that is intrinsically associated with its bearer (or its parts), but whose presence/absence and observed/measured value may vary. The etymology of "quality" is fairly well elucidated coming from Middle English, from Old French qualité, from Latin qualitatem, accusative of qualitas, from qualis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ποιότης (poiótēs, “quality”), coined by Plato from ποῖος (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”). |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000019 |
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The etymology of "quality" is fairly well elucidated coming from Middle English, from Old French qualité, from Latin qualitatem, accusative of qualitas, from qualis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ποιότης (poiótēs, “quality”), coined by Plato from ποῖος (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”). |
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qualities |
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| BFO CLIF specification label |
Quality |
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| BFO OWL specification label |
quality |
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| definition |
A dependent entity that inheres in a bearer by virtue of how the bearer is related to other entities. A quality is a specifically dependent continuant that, in contrast to roles and dispositions, does not require any further process in order to be realized. A quality is an attribute that is intrinsically associated with its bearer (or its parts), but whose presence/absence and observed/measured value may vary. |
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| elucidation |
a quality is a specifically dependent continuant that, in contrast to roles and dispositions, does not require any further process in order to be realized. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [055-001]) |
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| example of usage |
the color of a tomato the ambient temperature of this portion of air the length of the circumference of your waist the mass of this piece of gold. the shape of your nostril the shape of your nose |
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| has associated axiom(fol) |
(forall (x) (if (Quality x) (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [055-001] (forall (x) (if (exists (t) (and (existsAt x t) (Quality x))) (forall (t_1) (if (existsAt x t_1) (Quality x))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [105-001] |
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| has associated axiom(nl) |
If an entity is a quality at any time that it exists, then it is a quality at every time that it exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [105-001]) |
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quality |
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BFO:0000019 |
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quality |
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