A physical_objectis an objet that can be found in the physical world. Its denotation consists in the set of the concrete objects that are occurrence of this type. Basically, an object is physical as soon as it takes up space and can be in itself localized. Hence it can be composed of parts. These are definitory properties. However, to the essence of a physical_object, belongs also that a physical object can have a form, or a function. However, such possibilities can be forbidden in special cases. For example, pseudo objects will not be object in the full meaning of the term because they cannot realize these essential possibilities. For example, a morphological object is a pseudo object because it is defined only by having a form, but it has not the other properties of the physical objects. Hence, a morphologic object has a form, but not a function. Reciprocally, a system has a function but not a form.

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A physical_objectis an objet that can be found in the physical world. Its denotation consists in the set of the concrete objects that are occurrence of this type. Basically, an object is physical as soon as it takes up space and can be in itself localized. Hence it can be composed of parts. These are definitory properties. However, to the essence of a physical_object, belongs also that a physical object can have a form, or a function. However, such possibilities can be forbidden in special cases. For example, pseudo objects will not be object in the full meaning of the term because they cannot realize these essential possibilities. For example, a morphological object is a pseudo object because it is defined only by having a form, but it has not the other properties of the physical objects. Hence, a morphologic object has a form, but not a function. Reciprocally, a system has a function but not a form.

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