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Concept:
Be-Touching
System documentation
Superconcept:
State
Definition:
A state in which two
object
s 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:
The chair was touching the wall.
object
: the chair, the wall
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.