Continuant | NaasAI Ontology

📄️ Continuant Overview

Definition: An entity that persists through time while maintaining its identity.

Definition: A realizable entity that represents a tendency or capacity to behave in certain ways under specific conditions.

Definition: A material entity that is part of an object but lacks clear physical boundaries.

Definition: A realizable entity that represents the intended purpose or designed role of an entity.

Definition: A continuant that depends on one or more other entities for its existence, but not on any specific individual entity.

Definition: An independent continuant that exists in space and has material parts.

Definition: A material entity that maintains its identity through time and has clear boundaries.

Definition: A specifically dependent continuant that characterizes its bearer.

Definition: A realizable entity that exists because its bearer is in some special physical, social, or institutional set of circumstances.

Definition: A material entity that is a spatial region occupied by some material entity.