aggregate state
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/AggregateState
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/BiopharmaReferenceOntologyAttributes/
SubClass Of: bfo:quality
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:specifically dependent continuant › bfo:quality › aggregate state
Direct subclasses:
Definition
quality of a material entity that is the physical state in which that material entity exists, such as solid, liquid, gaseous, or plasma
Examples
- the solid aggregate state of sodium chloride crystals; the liquid aggregate state of a buffer solution; the gaseous aggregate state of cleanroom air; the plasma aggregate state of an ionized gas; the solid aggregate state of powdered cell culture medium
Synonyms
- state of matter
Adapted From
- http://purl.allotrope.org/ontologies/quality#AFQ_0000111
Primitive Class
This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.
Primitive Rationale
This term is expected to remain primitive
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Axioms
AggregateState(x) → Quality(x) ∧ ∃m(MaterialEntity(m) ∧ qualityOf(x,m))
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is an ‘aggregate state’ then x is a ‘quality’ that is the ‘quality of’ some ‘material entity’
Description Logic
constr:AggregateState ⊑ bfo:quality
constr:AggregateState ⊑ ∃ constr:qualityOf .bfo:material_entity
SubClassOf: bfo:quality
SubClassOf: constr:qualityOf some bfo:material_entity