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Sigma KEE - Consuming
Consuming(consuming)

appearance as argument number 1
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(subclass Consuming Decreasing) Merge.kif 10481-10481 Consuming is a subclass of decreasing
(documentation Consuming EnglishLanguage "Consuming is a process that uses up of a resource. The relation resource specifies the decrease in quantity of the Object consumed but it doesn't say that the Consuming Process causes the decrease.") Merge.kif 10482-10484 Consuming is a subclass of decreasing

appearance as argument number 2
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(termFormat EnglishLanguage Consuming "consuming") Merge.kif 10485-10485
(subclass Ingesting Consuming) Merge.kif 10500-10500 Ingesting is a subclass of consuming

antecedent
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(=>
    (instance ?C Consuming)
    (exists (?O ?D)
        (and
            (patient ?C ?O)
            (instance ?O Object)
            (resource ?C ?O)
            (subProcess ?D ?C)
            (instance ?D Decreasing)
            (patient ?D ?O)
            (causes ?C ?D))))
Merge.kif 10487-10497 If X is an instance of consuming, then All of the following hold: (1) there exist Y (2) Z such that Y is a patient of X (3) Y is an instance of object (4) Y is a resource for X (5) Z is a subprocess of X (6) Z is an instance of decreasing (7) Y is a patient of Z (8) X causes Z


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