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Concept: Container

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Superconcept: Barrier

Definition: Container is the Role played by an Entity which is the instrument of a Be-Contained event.

Required Relationships:

played-by: the entity that's playing the role of container.
in-event: the Be-Contained event that the entity is engaged in
encloses: the Spatial-Entity(s) that is inside the container
does-not-enclose: the Spatial-Entity(s) that is outside the container

Other Common Relationships:

content: the Entity(s) that are contained by the container
capacity: the capacity of the container, expressed as a Capacity-Value

Examples:

  1. a cell contains cytoplasm.
    Comment: In this example, the Container role is described with these properties:
    in-event: Be-Contained with object=cytoplasm
    played-by: cell

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Portal A Portal is the region of a Container through which things can Move-Through