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Sigma KEE - StarterMotor
StarterMotor(starter motor)

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(subclass StarterMotor Motor) Cars.kif 3815-3815 Starter motor is a subclass of motor
(documentation StarterMotor EnglishLanguage "Any Motor that has the intended use of starting an IntermittentCombustionEngine. In most Automobiles it is a small electric motor, but in a diesel heavy equipment engine there may be an electric motor that starts a gas engine that in turn starts the diesel engine.") Cars.kif 3817-3821 Starter motor is a subclass of motor

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(termFormat EnglishLanguage StarterMotor "starter motor") Cars.kif 3816-3816

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(=>
    (instance ?SM StarterMotor)
    (hasPurpose ?SM
        (exists (?P1 ?P2 ?ICE)
            (and
                (instance ?ICE InternalCombustionEngine)
                (instrument ?P1 ?SM)
                (instrument ?P2 ?ICE)
                (causes ?P1 ?P2)))))
Cars.kif 3823-3831 If X is an instance of starter motor, then X has the purpose there exist Y, Z, W such that W is an instance of internal combustion engine, X is an instrument for Y, W is an instrument for Z, and Y causes Z


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