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Concept: Be-Touching

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Superconcept: State

Definition: A state in which two objects are touching each other.

Required Relationships:

object: The (exactly) two Tangible-Entity that are touching

Other Common Relationships:

site: The place on the objects where they touch

Examples:

  1. The chair was touching the wall.
    object: the chair, the wall
  2. John was touching his computer's space bar.
    object: John; his computer
    site: space bar

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Be-Attached-To The Be-Attached-To state is a special kind of Be-Touching in which the objects are attached to each other, possibly with a connector.