mass

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Mass

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/BiopharmaReferenceOntologyAttributes/

SubClass Of: bfo:quality

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing β€Ί bfo:entity β€Ί bfo:continuant β€Ί bfo:specifically dependent continuant β€Ί bfo:quality β€Ί mass

Direct subclasses:

Definition

quality of a material entity determined by the amount of matter in that material entity

Examples

  • Mass of a raw material lot recorded during incoming material receipt; Mass of sodium chloride weighed during buffer preparation; Mass of powdered cell culture medium dispensed for media preparation; Mass of a filled drug product vial measured during fill-weight verification;

Adapted From

  • http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000125

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

Mass(x) β†’ Quality(x) ∧ βˆƒm (MaterialEntity(m) ∧ qualityOf(x, m))

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is a β€˜mass’ then x is a β€˜quality’ that is the β€˜quality of’ some β€˜material entity’

Description Logic

constr:Mass βŠ‘ bfo:quality

constr:Mass βŠ‘ βˆƒ constr:qualityOf .bfo:material_entity

SubClassOf: bfo:quality

SubClassOf: constr:qualityOf some bfo:material_entity


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