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Concept: Ensemble

System documentation


Superconcept: Aggregate

Definition: A collection of distinct structures which function together to carry out some task, as the respiratory enzyme complex on mitochondrial membranes. Souther.

Required Relationships:

There are no slots that are required for an ensemble.

Other Common Relationships:

element: the individual entities that comprise the ensemble.
number-of-elements: the number of elements in the ensemble

Examples:

  1. the emsemble of 3 musicians playing or singing together
    number-of-elements: three
    Comment: It is not necessary to specify a number-of-elements or to list the element of an ensemble. If you do, the system will try to maintain consistency by requiring that the number of element is at least as large as the specified number-of-elements

Neighboring Concepts:

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Sequence A Sequence is a linearly ordered collection of individuals.