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Engine(engine)

automobile_engine, external-combustion_engine

appearance as argument number 1

(documentation Engine EnglishLanguage "Engine is a subclass of Transducer. Engines are devices for converting some form of energy resource into mechanical power.")	Mid-level-ontology.kif 1718-1720
(externalImage Engine "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/ Mazda_rotary_engine_early.jpg")	pictureList.kif 86-86
(subclass Engine Transducer)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 1717-1717	Engine is a subclass of transducer

appearance as argument number 2

(subclass ElectricMotor Engine)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 1772-1772	Electric motor is a subclass of engine
(subclass InternalCombustionEngine Engine)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 1753-1753	Internal combustion engine is a subclass of engine
(subclass OutboardEngine Engine)	Cars.kif 4321-4321	Outboard motor is a subclass of engine
(subclass SteamEngine Engine)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 1741-1741	Steam engine is a subclass of engine
(subclass Turbine Engine)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 1745-1745	Turbine is a subclass of engine
(termFormat ChineseLanguage Engine "发动机")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 22078-22078
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage Engine "發動機")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 22077-22077
(termFormat EnglishLanguage Engine "engine")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 22076-22076

appearance as argument number 3

(domain compressionRatio 1 Engine)	Cars.kif 1903-1903	The number 1 argument of compression ratio is an instance of engine
(domain engineCylinders 1 Engine)	Cars.kif 4510-4510	The number 1 argument of engine cylinders is an instance of engine
(domain maxCylinderVolume 1 Engine)	Cars.kif 1873-1873	The number 1 argument of max cylinder volume is an instance of engine
(domain minCylinderVolume 1 Engine)	Cars.kif 1842-1842	The number 1 argument of min cylinder volume is an instance of engine
(domain pistonStroke 1 Engine)	Cars.kif 1919-1919	The number 1 argument of piston stroke is an instance of engine

antecedent

(=> (and (instance ?C Cam) (instance ?CS Camshaft) (instance ?E Engine) (part ?C ?E) (part ?CS ?E)) (hasPurpose ?CS (connectedEngineeringComponents ?C ?CS)))	Cars.kif 1666-1674	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
(=> (and (instance ?C Clutch) (instance ?A Automobile) (instance ?E Engine) (instance ?G Gearbox) (instance ?GEAR Gear) (part ?GEAR ?G) (part ?G ?A) (part ?C ?A) (part ?E ?A) (instance ?M Motion) (patient ?M ?E) (attribute ?C DeviceOff)) (exists (?M2) (and (instance ?M2 Motion) (patient ?M2 ?G) (causes ?M ?M2))))	Cars.kif 1821-1839	If an object is an instance of clutch and another object is an instance of automobile and a third object is an instance of engine and a fourth object is an instance of gearbox and the fourth objectEAR is an instance of gear and the fourth objectEAR is a part of the fourth object and the fourth object is a part of the other object and the object is a part of the other object and the third object is a part of the other object and a process is an instance of motion and the third object is a patient of the process and device off is an attribute of the object, then there exists the process2 such that the process2 is an instance of motion and the fourth object is a patient of the process2 and the process causes the process2
(=> (and (instance ?C Clutch) (instance ?A Automobile) (instance ?E Engine) (instance ?G Gearbox) (instance ?GEAR Gear) (part ?GEAR ?G) (part ?G ?A) (part ?C ?A) (part ?E ?A) (instance ?M Motion) (patient ?M ?E) (attribute ?C DeviceOn)) (not (exists (?M2) (and (instance ?M2 Motion) (patient ?M2 ?G) (causes ?M ?M2)))))	Cars.kif 1800-1819	If an object is an instance of clutch and another object is an instance of automobile and a third object is an instance of engine and a fourth object is an instance of gearbox and the fourth objectEAR is an instance of gear and the fourth objectEAR is a part of the fourth object and the fourth object is a part of the other object and the object is a part of the other object and the third object is a part of the other object and a process is an instance of motion and the third object is a patient of the process and device on is an attribute of the object, then there doesn't exist the process2 such that the process2 is an instance of motion and the fourth object is a patient of the process2 and the process causes the process2
(=> (and (instance ?E Exhaust) (material Fuel ?E) (instance ?T Transfer) (instance ?ENG Engine) (origin ?T ?ENG) (instance ?CC CatalyticConverter) (destination ?T ?CC) (objectTransferred ?T ?E)) (hasPurpose ?CC (exists (?C) (and (instance ?C Combustion) (instrument ?C ?CC) (patient ?C ?E) (eventLocated ?C ?CC)))))	Cars.kif 1723-1739	If a corpuscular object is an instance of exhaust and the corpuscular object is made of fuel and a transfer is an instance of transfer and the corpuscular objectNG is an instance of engine and the transfer originates at the corpuscular objectNG and a physical is an instance of catalytic converter and the transfer ends up at the physical and the object transferred in the transfer is the corpuscular object, then the physical has the purpose there exists an entity such that the entity is an instance of burning and the physical is an instrument for the entity and the corpuscular object is a patient of the entity and the entity is located at the physical
(=> (and (instance ?ECS EngineCoolingSystem) (instance ?E Engine) (instance ?A Automobile) (part ?ECS ?A) (part ?E ?A)) (hasPurpose ?ECS (exists (?C) (and (instance ?C Cooling) (instrument ?C ?ECS) (patient ?C ?E)))))	Cars.kif 2125-2137	If an object is an instance of engine cooling system and another object is an instance of engine and a third object is an instance of automobile and the object is a part of the third object and the other object is a part of the third object, then the object has the purpose there exists an entity such that the entity is an instance of cooling and the object is an instrument for the entity and the other object is a patient of the entity
(=> (and (instance ?EG EngineGovernor) (instance ?E Engine) (connectedEngineeringComponents ?EG ?E) (governorSpeed ?E (MeasureFn ?S MilesPerHour))) (hasPurpose ?EG (not (exists (?R ?P ?M) (and (instance ?P Device) (part ?P ?E) (instance ?R Rotating) (holdsDuring (WhenFn ?R) (and (measure ?P (MeasureFn ?M MilesPerHour)) (greaterThan ?M ?S))))))))	Cars.kif 2913-2931	If an engineering component is an instance of governor and another engineering component is an instance of engine and the engineering component is connected to the other engineering component and the maximum speed allowed by the other engineering component is a real number miles per hour(s), then the engineering component has the purpose there don't exist an entity, another entity and a third entity such that the other entity is an instance of device and the other entity is a part of the other engineering component and the entity is an instance of rotating and the measure of the other entity is the third entity miles per hour(s) and the third entity is greater than the real number holds during the time of existence of the entity
(=> (instance ?E Engine) (exists (?C) (and (instance ?C Crankcase) (equal ?E (HoleHostFn ?C)))))	Cars.kif 328-333	If an object is an instance of engine, then there exists a hole such that the hole is an instance of crankcase and the object is equal to the host of the hole the hole

consequent

(=> (instance ?AI AirIntake) (hasPurpose ?AI (exists (?A ?E ?T) (and (instance ?A Air) (instance ?E Engine) (instance ?T Transfer) (origin ?T ?AI) (destination ?T ?E) (patient ?T ?A)))))	Cars.kif 973-983	If a physical is an instance of air intake, then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity and a third entity such that the entity is an instance of air and the other entity is an instance of engine and the third entity is an instance of transfer and the third entity originates at the physical and the third entity ends up at the other entity and the entity is a patient of the third entity
(=> (instance ?B Backfire) (exists (?E ?NC) (and (not (instance ?NC EngineCylinder)) (instance ?E Engine) (part ?NC ?E) (eventLocated ?B ?NC))))	Cars.kif 1354-1362	If a process is an instance of backfire, then there exist an object and another object such that the other object is not an instance of engine cylinder and the object is an instance of engine and the other object is a part of the object and the process is located at the other object
(=> (instance ?D Distributor) (hasPurpose ?D (exists (?SP ?S ?O ?R ?E) (and (instance ?E Engine) (instance ?SP SparkPlug) (instance ?S Spark) (part ?O ?D) (part ?D ?E) (part ?SP ?E) (instance ?R Rotating) (causes ?R ?S)))))	Cars.kif 2257-2269	If a physical is an instance of distributor, then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity,, , a third entity,, , a fourth entity and a fifth entity such that the fifth entity is an instance of engine and the entity is an instance of spark plug and the other entity is an instance of spark and the third entity is a part of the physical and the physical is a part of the fifth entity and the entity is a part of the fifth entity and the fourth entity is an instance of rotating and the fourth entity causes the other entity
(=> (instance ?ECM EngineControlModule) (hasPurpose ?ECM (exists (?A ?E ?P1 ?P2) (and (instance ?A Automobile) (instance ?E Engine) (instance ?P1 Process) (instance ?P2 Process) (part ?E ?A) (part ?ECM ?A) (eventLocated ?P1 ?ECM) (eventLocated ?P2 ?E) (causes ?P1 ?P2)))))	Cars.kif 2502-2515	If a physical is an instance of engine control module, then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity,, , a third entity and a fourth entity such that the entity is an instance of automobile and the other entity is an instance of engine and the third entity is an instance of process and the fourth entity is an instance of process and the other entity is a part of the entity and the physical is a part of the entity and the third entity is located at the physical and the fourth entity is located at the other entity and the third entity causes the fourth entity
(=> (instance ?FWD FourWheelDriveVehicle) (hasPurpose ?FWD (forall (?W) (and (part ?W ?FWD) (exists (?E ?C ?R1 ?R2) (and (instance ?E Engine) (part ?E ?FWD) (instance ?C Crankshaft) (part ?C ?E) (instance ?R1 Rotating) (patient ?R1 ?C) (instance ?R2 Rotating) (patient ?R2 ?W) (causes ?R1 ?R2)))))))	Cars.kif 4573-4589	If a physical is an instance of four wheel drive, then the physical has the purpose for all an entity the entity is a part of the physical and there exist another entity, a third entity,, , a fourth entity and a fifth entity such that the other entity is an instance of engine and the other entity is a part of the physical and the third entity is an instance of crankshaft and the third entity is a part of the other entity and the fourth entity is an instance of rotating and the third entity is a patient of the fourth entity and the fifth entity is an instance of rotating and the entity is a patient of the fifth entity and the fourth entity causes the fifth entity
(=> (instance ?GP GasPedal) (hasPurpose ?GP (exists (?P ?T ?F ?E ?A) (and (instance ?P Pushing) (instance ?T Transfer) (instance ?F Fuel) (instance ?E Engine) (instance ?A Automobile) (part ?GP ?A) (part ?E ?A) (destination ?P ?GP) (destination ?T ?E) (patient ?T ?F) (causes ?P ?T)))))	Cars.kif 2523-2538	If a physical is an instance of gas pedal, then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity,, , a third entity,, , a fourth entity and a fifth entity such that the entity is an instance of pushing and the other entity is an instance of transfer and the third entity is an instance of fuel and the fourth entity is an instance of engine and the fifth entity is an instance of automobile and the physical is a part of the fifth entity and the fourth entity is a part of the fifth entity and the entity ends up at the physical and the other entity ends up at the fourth entity and the third entity is a patient of the other entity and the entity causes the other entity
(=> (instance ?GT GasTank) (hasPurpose ?GT (exists (?F ?T ?E) (and (instance ?F Fuel) (contains ?GT ?F) (instance ?E Engine) (instance ?T Transfer) (origin ?T ?GT) (destination ?T ?E) (patient ?T ?F)))))	Cars.kif 1000-1011	If a physical is an instance of gas tank, then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity and a third entity such that the entity is an instance of fuel and the physical contains the entity and the third entity is an instance of engine and the other entity is an instance of transfer and the other entity originates at the physical and the other entity ends up at the third entity and the entity is a patient of the other entity
(=> (instance ?IVE InteriorVehicleEquipment) (hasPurpose ?IVE (exists (?V ?E) (and (instance ?V Automobile) (instance ?E Engine) (part ?E ?V) (not (part ?IVE ?E)) (part ?IVE ?V) (orientation ?IVE ?V Inside)))))	Cars.kif 4679-4690	If a physical is an instance of vehicle interior, then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity and another entity such that the entity is an instance of automobile and the other entity is an instance of engine and the other entity is a part of the entity and the physical is not a part of the other entity and the physical is a part of the entity and the physical is inside to the entity
(=> (instance ?TWD TwoWheelDriveVehicle) (hasPurpose ?TWD (exists (?W1 ?W2) (and (part ?W1 ?TWD) (part ?W2 ?TWD) (not (equal ?W1 ?W2)) (exists (?E ?C ?R1 ?R2 ?R3) (and (instance ?E Engine) (part ?E ?TWD) (instance ?C Crankshaft) (part ?C ?E) (instance ?R1 Rotating) (patient ?R1 ?C) (instance ?R2 Rotating) (patient ?R2 ?W1) (causes ?R1 ?R2) (patient ?R3 ?W2) (causes ?R1 ?R3) (not (exists (?W3 ?R4) (and (not (equal ?W1 ?W3)) (not (equal ?W2 ?W3)) (part ?W3 ?TWD) (instance ?R4 Rotating) (patient ?R4 ?W3) (causes ?R1 ?R4))))))))))	Cars.kif 4596-4628	If a physical is an instance of four wheel drive, then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity and another entity such that the entity is a part of the physical and the other entity is a part of the physical and the entity is not equal to the other entity and there exist a third entity, a fourth entity,, , a fifth entity,, , a sixth entity and a seventh entity such that the third entity is an instance of engine and the third entity is a part of the physical and the fourth entity is an instance of crankshaft and the fourth entity is a part of the third entity and the fifth entity is an instance of rotating and the fourth entity is a patient of the fifth entity and the sixth entity is an instance of rotating and the entity is a patient of the sixth entity and the fifth entity causes the sixth entity and the other entity is a patient of the seventh entity and the fifth entity causes the seventh entity and there don't exist a eighth entity and a ninth entity such that the entity is not equal to the eighth entity and the other entity is not equal to the eighth entity and the eighth entity is a part of the physical and the ninth entity is an instance of rotating and the eighth entity is a patient of the ninth entity and the fifth entity causes the ninth entity
(=> (instance ?UD UnpoweredDevice) (not (exists (?E) (and (instance ?E Engine) (part ?E ?UD)))))	Cars.kif 4470-4476	If an object is an instance of unpowered device, then there doesn't exist another object such that the other object is an instance of engine and the other object is a part of the object
(=> (instance ?X RemoteIgnitionControl) (hasPurpose ?X (exists (?VEHICLE ?ENGINE ?SIGNAL ?PROC) (and (instance ?VEHICLE PoweredVehicle) (instance ?SIGNAL ElectronicSignalling) (instrument ?SIGNAL ?X) (destination ?SIGNAL ?VEHICLE) (instance ?ENGINE Engine) (component ?ENGINE ?VEHICLE) (instance ?PROC (OperatingFn Engine)) (experiencer ?PROC ?ENGINE) (causes ?SIGNAL ?PROC)))))	Cars.kif 3740-3754	If a physical is an instance of remote ignition control, then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity,, , a third entity and a fourth entity such that the entity is an instance of powered vehicle and the third entity is an instance of electronic signalling and the physical is an instrument for the third entity and the third entity ends up at the entity and the other entity is an instance of engine and the other entity is a component of the entity and the fourth entity is an instance of the operating of engine and the other entity experiences the fourth entity and the third entity causes the fourth entity

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