Definition: An independent continuant consisting of a characteristic spatial shape inhering in some arrangement of other continuant entities and of that which is enclosed in whole or in part by this characteristic spatial shape. Sites are characteristically entities at or in which other continuant entities can be located. |
Examples: the front lawn of our building, a nasal cavity, a blood vein, an environment, sinuses, canals, ventricles, the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract, the interior of the aorta, the room in which one is located |
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