Definition: A continuant that can exist and be what it is only if some other entity or entities exist, the existence of which makes its existence possible. |
Examples: the mass of a cloud, the smell of mozzarella, the liquidity of blood, the color of a tomato, the disposition of fish to decay, the property of being a doctor, the function of the heart to pump blood |
•owl:Thing |
•entity |
•continuant |
•dependent_continuant |