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appearance as argument number 1

(documentation Cam EnglishLanguage "An eccentric lobe that presses against a valve or level as it rotates.")	Cars.kif 1643-1644
(subclass Cam Device)	Cars.kif 1641-1641	Cam is a subclass of device

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(termFormat EnglishLanguage Cam "cam")

Cars.kif 1642-1642

antecedent

(=> (and (instance ?C Cam) (instance ?CS Camshaft) (instance ?E Engine) (part ?C ?E) (part ?CS ?E)) (hasPurpose ?CS (connectedEngineeringComponents ?C ?CS)))	Cars.kif 1667-1675	If an object is an instance of cam and the objectS is an instance of camshaft and a third object is an instance of engine and the object is a part of the third object and the objectS is a part of the third object, then the objectS has the purpose the object is connected to the objectS
(=> (instance ?C Cam) (hasPurpose ?C (exists (?R) (and (instance ?R Rotating) (patient ?R ?C)))))	Cars.kif 1646-1652	If a physical is an instance of cam, then the physical has the purpose there exists an entity such that the entity is an instance of rotating and the physical is a patient of the entity

consequent

(=>
    (instance ?RA RockerArm)
    (hasPurpose ?RA
        (exists (?P1 ?C ?P2 ?V ?O ?FSE)
            (and
                (instance ?P1 Pushing)
                (instance ?C Cam)
                (instance ?P2 Pushing)
                (instance ?V Valve)
                (instance ?O Opening)
                (instance ?FSE FourStrokeEngine)
                (part ?RA ?FSE)
                (part ?C ?FSE)
                (part ?V ?FSE)
                (instrument ?P1 ?C)
                (destination ?P1 ?RA)
                (instrument ?P2 ?RA)
                (destination ?P2 ?V)
                (causes ?P1 ?P2)
                (causes ?P2 ?O)
                (patient ?O ?V)))))

Cars.kif 3905-3925

If a physical is an instance of rocker arm,
then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity,, , a third entity,, , a fourth entity,, , a fifth entity and a sixth entity such that the entity is an instance of pushing and the other entity is an instance of cam and the third entity is an instance of pushing and the fourth entity is an instance of valve and the fifth entity is an instance of opening and the sixth entity is an instance of four stroke engine and the physical is a part of the sixth entity and the other entity is a part of the sixth entity and the fourth entity is a part of the sixth entity and the other entity is an instrument for the entity and the entity ends up at the physical and the physical is an instrument for the third entity and the third entity ends up at the fourth entity and the entity causes the third entity and the third entity causes the fifth entity and the fourth entity is a patient of the fifth entity

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