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chou1 xiang4 de5 (Abstract)

Properties or qualities as distinguished from any particular embodiment of the properties/qualities in a physical medium. Instances of Abstract can be said to exist in the same sense as mathematical objects such as sets and relations, but they cannot exist at a particular place and time without some physical encoding or embodiment.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Superclass(es)

[tree]
shi2 ti3
is subclass of
  chou1 xiang4 de5  

Subclass(es)

shu4 liang4  shu3 xing4  ji2 he2 huo4 zhong3 lei4  guan1 xi4  ming4 ti2  tu2  tu2 yuan2 jian4 

Coordinate term(s)

wu4 zhi4 de5 

Related WordNet synsets

abstractness
the quality of being considered apart from an specific instance or object
abstractness is opposite to...   abstractness is kind of (all)...   abstractness is kind of...   abstractness is an attribute of  
abstract
existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"
abstract is opposite to...   see also...   abstract is similar to...   abstract is an attribute of  
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Axioms (2)

shi2 ti3 wan2 quan2 fen1 ge1 cheng2 wu4 zhi4 de5,chou1 xiang4 de5. 
(partition Entity Physical Abstract)
abs shi4 chou1 xiang4 de5 de5 shi2 li4 if and only if there doesn't exist point so_that_not abs wei4 yu1 point or abs (bu2) cun2 zai4s point qi1 jian1. 
(<=>
      (instance ?ABS Abstract)
      (not
            (exists
                  (?POINT)
                  (or
                        (located ?ABS ?POINT)
                        (time ?ABS ?POINT)))))