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English Word:
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Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Communication
Sigma KEE - Communication
Communication
(communication)
AM
,
FM
,
Hadith
,
Rediffusion
,
Word_of_God
,
aah
,
abandon
,
abduce
,
abjure
,
absolve
,
absorb
,
abuse
,
accent
,
accentuate
,
access
,
accost
,
acknowledge
,
acquaint
,
actualise
,
actualize
,
address
,
adduce
,
adulate
,
adumbrate
,
advert
,
affirm
,
agglutinate
,
aggrandise
,
aggrandize
,
aim
,
airing
,
alarmism
,
alert
,
alerting
,
allude
,
amplitude_modulation
,
anathemise
,
anathemize
,
animadversion
,
animadvert
,
announce
,
annul
,
annunciate
,
anomalous_communication
,
answer
,
answering
,
antic
,
anticipate
,
ape
,
aphorise
...
appearance as argument number 1
(
documentation
Communication
ChineseLanguage
"这是一种涉及两个或以上的
CognitiveAgent
之间 传递信息的
SocialInteraction
。注:
Communication
十分接近,却又在本质上异于
ContentDevelopment
。后者涉及创作或修改一篇
ContentBearingObject
,而
Communication
则是为了 传达消息而转移信息。")
chinese_format.kif 3239-3242
(
documentation
Communication
EnglishLanguage
"A
SocialInteraction
that involves the transfer of information between two or more
CognitiveAgent
s. Note that
Communication
is closely related to, but essentially different from,
ContentDevelopment
. The latter involves the creation or modification of a
ContentBearingObject
, while
Communication
is the transfer of information for the purpose of conveying a message.")
Merge.kif 13038-13043
(
externalImage
Communication
"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/ 8c/ North-America.png")
pictureList.kif 6304-6304
(
partition
Communication
Stating
Supposing
Directing
Committing
Expressing
Declaring
)
Merge.kif 13036-13036
Communication
is
exhaustively
partitioned
into
stating
,
supposing
,
directing
,
committing
,
expressing
, and
declaring
(
relatedInternalConcept
Communication
CommunicationDevice
)
Mid-level-ontology.kif 2944-2944
Communication
is
internally
related to
communication device
(
relatedInternalConcept
Communication
ContentDevelopment
)
Merge.kif 13037-13037
Communication
is
internally
related to
content development
(
subclass
Communication
ContentBearingProcess
)
Merge.kif 13035-13035
Communication
is a
subclass
of
content bearing process
(
subclass
Communication
SocialInteraction
)
Merge.kif 13034-13034
Communication
is a
subclass
of
social interaction
appearance as argument number 2
(
subclass
ArtifactMediatedCommunication
Communication
)
Mid-level-ontology.kif 27009-27009
Artifact mediated communication
is a
subclass
of
communication
(
subclass
Disseminating
Communication
)
Merge.kif 13056-13056
Disseminating
is a
subclass
of
communication
(
subclass
Expressing
Communication
)
Merge.kif 13108-13108
Expressing
is a
subclass
of
communication
(
subclass
Gesture
Communication
)
Merge.kif 13091-13091
Gesture
is a
subclass
of
communication
(
subclass
InPersonCommunication
Communication
)
Media.kif 218-218
In person communication
is a
subclass
of
communication
(
subclass
Indicating
Communication
)
Mid-level-ontology.kif 1016-1016
Indicating
is a
subclass
of
communication
(
subclass
LinguisticCommunication
Communication
)
Merge.kif 13126-13126
Linguistic communication
is a
subclass
of
communication
(
subclass
Telephoning
Communication
)
Mid-level-ontology.kif 2959-2959
Telephoning
is a
subclass
of
communication
(
termFormat
ChineseLanguage
Communication
"沟通")
chinese_format.kif 1195-1195
(
termFormat
EnglishLanguage
Communication
"communication")
english_format.kif 1607-1607
(
termFormat
FrenchLanguage
Communication
"communication")
french_format.kif 873-873
(
termFormat
Hindi
Communication
"sanchaarana")
terms-hindi.txt 406-406
(
termFormat
ItalianLanguage
Communication
"Comunicazione")
terms-it.txt 409-409
(
termFormat
JapaneseLanguage
Communication
"コミュニケーション")
japanese_format.kif 2557-2557
(
termFormat
PortugueseLanguage
Communication
"Communicacao")
portuguese_format.kif 825-825
(
termFormat
cb
Communication
"komunikasyon")
terms-cb.txt 411-411
(
termFormat
cz
Communication
"communication")
terms-cz.txt 445-445
(
termFormat
ro
Communication
"comunicare")
relations-ro.kif 894-894
(
termFormat
tg
Communication
"pagbibigay-alam")
terms-tg.txt 410-410
antecedent
(=>
(
and
(
instance
?MODEM
CableModem
)
(
instance
?COMM
Communication
)
(
instrument
?COMM ?MODEM))
(
exists
(?CABLE)
(
and
(
instance
?CABLE
Cable
)
(
instrument
?COMM ?CABLE)
(
connectedEngineeringComponents
?CABLE ?MODEM))))
ComputerInput.kif 577-586
If
an engineering component
is an
instance
of
cable modem
and
a process
is an
instance
of
communication
and
the engineering component
is an
instrument
for
the process
,
then there exists
another engineering component
such that
the other engineering component
is an
instance
of
cable
and
the other engineering component
is an
instrument
for
the process
and
the other engineering component
is
connected
to
the engineering component
(=>
(
and
(
instance
?PROP
Proposition
)
(
instance
?CBO
ContentBearingObject
)
(
containsInformation
?CBO ?PROP)
(
instance
?COMM
Communication
)
(
patient
?COMM ?CBO))
(
represents
?COMM ?PROP))
Geography.kif 3025-3032
If
a proposition
is an
instance
of
proposition
and
a content bearing physical
is an
instance
of
content bearing object
and
the content bearing physical
contain
s information
the proposition
and
a process
is an
instance
of
communication
and
the content bearing physical
is a
patient
of
the process
,
then
the process
express
es
the proposition
(=>
(
instance
?COMMUNICATE
Communication
)
(
exists
(?PHYS ?ENTITY ?AGENT1 ?AGENT2)
(
and
(
refers
?PHYS ?ENTITY)
(
patient
?COMMUNICATE ?PHYS)
(
instance
?AGENT1
CognitiveAgent
)
(
agent
?COMMUNICATE ?AGENT1)
(
instance
?AGENT2
CognitiveAgent
)
(
destination
?COMMUNICATE ?AGENT2))))
Merge.kif 13045-13054
If
a process
is an
instance
of
communication
,
then there exist
an entity
,
another entity
,, ,
an agent
and
a third entity
such that
the entity
includes a
reference
to
the other entity
and
the entity
is a
patient
of
the process
and
the agent
is an
instance
of
cognitive agent
and
the agent
is an
agent
of
the process
and
the third entity
is an
instance
of
cognitive agent
and
the process
end
s up at
the third entity
consequent
(=>
(
and
(
engineeringSubcomponent
?DEVICE1
Internet
)
(
engineeringSubcomponent
?DEVICE2
Internet
)
(
not
(
equal
?DEVICE1 ?DEVICE2)))
(
hasPurpose
Internet
(
exists
(?COMM)
(
and
(
instance
?COMM
Communication
)
(
agent
?COMM ?DEVICE1)
(
destination
?COMM ?DEVICE2)
(
instrument
?COMM
Internet
)))))
Hotel.kif 1347-1358
If
an engineering component
is a
component
of
internet
and
another engineering component
is a
component
of
internet
and
the engineering component
is not
equal
to
the other engineering component
,
then
internet
has the purpose there exists
an entity
such that
the entity
is an
instance
of
communication
and
the engineering component
is an
agent
of
the entity
and
the entity
end
s up at
the other engineering component
and
internet
is an
instrument
for
the entity
(=>
(
and
(
instance
?H
Hotline
)
(
telephoneNumber
?H ?O)
(
instance
?O
Organization
))
(
hasPurpose
?H
(
exists
(?T)
(
and
(
instance
?T
Telephoning
)
(
destination
?T ?O)
(
modalAttribute
(
exists
(?C)
(
and
(
instance
?C
Communication
)
(
instrument
?C ?H)
(
equal
(
BeginFn
(
WhenFn
?C))
(
BeginFn
(
ImmediateFutureFn
(
WhenFn
?T))))))
Likely
)))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 25093-25114
If
a telecom number
is an
instance
of
hotline
and
the telecom number
is the
telephone
number
of
an agent
and
the agent
is an
instance
of
organization
,
then
the telecom number
has the purpose there exists
an entity
such that
the entity
is an
instance
of
telephoning
and
the entity
end
s up at
the agent
and the statement there exists
another entity
such that
the other entity
is an
instance
of
communication
and
the telecom number
is an
instrument
for
the other entity
and the
beginning
of the
time
of existence of
the other entity
is
equal
to the
beginning
of immediately
after
the
time
of existence of
the entity
has the
modal
force
of
likely
(=>
(
holdsDuring
?T
(
attribute
?H
AVPUAlertStatus
))
(
holdsDuring
?T
(
capability
?H
agent
Communication
)))
Medicine.kif 6427-6431
If
AVPU alert status
is an
attribute
of
an entity
holds
during
a time position
,
then
communication
is
capable
of doing
the entity
as a
agent
holds
during
the time position
(=>
(
instance
?CO
CommunicationOrganization
)
(
exists
(?CS ?C)
(
and
(
instance
?C
Communication
)
(
instance
?CS
CommunicationSystem
)
(
instrument
?C ?CS)
(
agent
?C ?CO))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 7585-7592
If
an agent
is an
instance
of
communication organization
,
then there exist
an object
and
a process
such that
the process
is an
instance
of
communication
and
the object
is an
instance
of
communication system
and
the object
is an
instrument
for
the process
and
the agent
is an
agent
of
the process
(=>
(
instance
?DEVICE
CommunicationDevice
)
(
capability
Communication
instrument
?DEVICE))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 2946-2948
If
an object
is an
instance
of
communication device
,
then
the object
is
capable
of doing
communication
as a
instrument
(=>
(
instance
?DOC
Document
)
(
hasPurpose
?DOC
(
exists
(?COMM)
(
and
(
instance
?COMM
Communication
)
(
instrument
?COMM ?DOC)))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 26399-26405
If
a physical
is an
instance
of
document
,
then
the physical
has the purpose there exists
an entity
such that
the entity
is an
instance
of
communication
and
the physical
is an
instrument
for
the entity
(=>
(
instance
?MEET
Meeting
)
(
exists
(?AGENT1 ?AGENT2)
(
and
(
agent
?MEET ?AGENT1)
(
agent
?MEET ?AGENT2)
(
hasPurpose
?MEET
(
exists
(?COMM)
(
and
(
instance
?COMM
Communication
)
(
agent
?COMM ?AGENT1)
(
agent
?COMM ?AGENT2)))))))
Merge.kif 13289-13300
If
a process
is an
instance
of
meeting
,
then there exist
an agent
and
another agent
such that
the agent
is an
agent
of
the process
and
the other agent
is an
agent
of
the process
and
the process
has the purpose there exists
an entity
such that
the entity
is an
instance
of
communication
and
the agent
is an
agent
of
the entity
and
the other agent
is an
agent
of
the entity
(=>
(
instance
?P
Phishing
)
(
exists
(?FS ?V ?M ?I)
(
and
(
instance
?M
Communication
)
(
origin
?M ?FS)
(
agent
?P ?FS)
(
destination
?M ?V)
(
instance
?I
Formula
)
(
knows
?V ?I)
(
not
(
desires
?V
(
knows
?FS ?I)))
(
desires
?FS
(
knows
?FS ?I)))))
ComputingBrands.kif 4235-4249
If
a process
is an
instance
of
phishing
,
then there exist
a cognitive agent
,
another cognitive agent
,, ,
another process
and
a formula
such that
the other process
is an
instance
of
communication
and
the other process
originate
s at
the cognitive agent
and
the cognitive agent
is an
agent
of
the process
and
the other process
end
s up at
the other cognitive agent
and
the formula
is an
instance
of
formula
and
the other cognitive agent
know
s
the formula
and
the other cognitive agent
doesn't
desire
the cognitive agent
know
s
the formula
and
the cognitive agent
desire
s
the cognitive agent
know
s
the formula
(=>
(
instance
?X
OperatorAssistedTelephoneCommunication
)
(
exists
(?ORIGIN ?DEST ?OPERATOR)
(
and
(
origin
?X ?ORIGIN)
(
destination
?X ?DEST)
(
instance
?OPERATOR
Human
)
(
hasPurpose
?OPERATOR
(
exists
(?PROC)
(
and
(
instance
?PROC
IntentionalProcess
)
(
agent
?PROC ?OPERATOR)
(
subProcess
?PROC ?X)
(
holdsDuring
(
ImmediateFutureFn
(
WhenFn
?PROC))
(
modalAttribute
(
exists
(?COMM)
(
and
(
instance
?COMM
Communication
)
(
origin
?COMM ?ORIGIN)
(
destination
?COMM ?DEST)))
Possibility
))))))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 27047-27069
If
a process
is an
instance
of
operator assisted telephone communication
,
then there exist
an object
,
an entity
and
a physical
such that
the process
originate
s at
the object
and
the process
end
s up at
the entity
and
the physical
is an
instance
of
human
and
the physical
has the purpose there exists
another entity
such that
the other entity
is an
instance
of
intentional process
and
the physical
is an
agent
of
the other entity
and
the other entity
is a
subprocess
of
the process
and the statement there exists
a third entity
such that
the third entity
is an
instance
of
communication
and
the third entity
originate
s at
the object
and
the third entity
end
s up at
the entity
has the
modal
force
of
possibility
holds
during
immediately
after
the
time
of existence of
the other entity
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