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atomic nucleus (AtomicNucleus)

The core of the Atom. It is composed of Protons and Neutrons.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Superclass(es)

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entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  self connected object  
is subclass of
  substance  
is subclass of
  pure substance  
is subclass of
  elemental substance  
is subclass of
  subatomic particle  
is subclass of
  atomic nucleus  

Coordinate term(s)

electron  neutron  proton 

Related WordNet synsets

nucleus
the positively charged dense center of an atom
nucleus is kind of (all)...   nucleus is kind of...   nucleus is part of...   parts of nucleus...  

Axioms (2)

(=>
      (instance ?ATOM Atom)
      (forall
            (?NUCLEUS1 ?NUCLEUS2)
            (=>
                  (and
                        (component ?NUCLEUS1 ?ATOM)
                        (component ?NUCLEUS2 ?ATOM)
                        (instance ?NUCLEUS1 AtomicNucleus)
                        (instance ?NUCLEUS2 AtomicNucleus))
                  (equal ?NUCLEUS1 ?NUCLEUS2))))

If nucleus is an instance of atomic nucleus, then there exist neutron neutron,proton proton so that neutron is a component of nucleus and proton is a component of nucleus.
(=>
      (instance ?NUCLEUS AtomicNucleus)
      (exists
            (?NEUTRON ?PROTON)
            (and
                  (component ?NEUTRON ?NUCLEUS)
                  (component ?PROTON ?NUCLEUS)
                  (instance ?NEUTRON Neutron)
                  (instance ?PROTON Proton))))