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function quantity (FunctionQuantity)

A FunctionQuantity is a Function that maps from one or more instances of ConstantQuantity to another instance of ConstantQuantity. For example, the velocity of a particle would be represented by a FunctionQuantity mapping values of time (which are ConstantQuantities) to values of distance (also ConstantQuantities). Note that all instances of FunctionQuantity are Functions with a fixed arity. Note too that all elements of the range of a FunctionQuantity have the same physical dimension as the FunctionQuantity itself.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  abstract  
is subclass of
  quantity  
is subclass of
  physical quantity  
is subclass of
[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  abstract  
is subclass of
  relation  
is subclass of
  single valued relation  
is subclass of
  function  
is subclass of
is subclass of
  function quantity  

Subclass(es)

unary constant functionquantity  ampere  candela  newton  pascal  joule  watt  volt  farad  ohm  siemens  weber  tesla  henry  lumen  lux  gray  sievert  electron volt  pound force  calorie  british thermal unit 

Coordinate term(s)

binary function  constant quantity  continuous function  quaternary function  ternary function  unary function  unit of measure 

Constrains relations

density fn  speed fn  velocity fn 

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Axioms (1)

physical quantity is exhaustively partitioned into constant quantity,function quantity. 
(partition PhysicalQuantity ConstantQuantity FunctionQuantity)