Subclass of:

• crm:E70 Thing
• crmsci:S15 Observable Entity

Superclass of:

• crmsci:S14 Fluid Body
• crmsci:S11 Amount of Matter
• crm:E18 Physical Thing

Scope note:

This class comprises constellations of matter with a relative stability of any form sufficient to associate them with a persistent identity, such as being confined to certain extent, having a relative stability of form or structure, or containing a fixed amount of matter. In particular, it comprises physical things in the narrower sense and fluid bodies. It is an abstraction of physical substance for solid and non-solid things of matter.

Examples:

• the groundwater of the 5-22 basin of Central Macedonia (S10) (Lucchese et al., 2013; Kritikos et al., 2013; InGeoCloudS, 2012; InGeoCloudS, 2013).
• the Mesozoic carbonate sequence with flysch extracted from the area of Nafplion that was mapped and studied by Tattaris in 1970 (S10) (Photiades, 2010).
• Parnassos, the limestone mountain (Strid, 1986).

In First Order Logic:

• S10(x) ⇒ E70(x)
• S10(x) ⇒ S15(x)

Outgoing properties:

• crmsci:O15 occupied (was occupied by) → crm:E53 Place
• crmsci:O25 contains (is contained in) (0,n:0,n) → crmsci:S10 Material Substantial

Incoming properties:

• crmsci:S1 Matter Removal → crmsci:O1 diminished (was diminished by) (0,n:1,n)
• crmsci:S2 Sample Taking → crmsci:O3 sampled from (was sample by) (0,n:1,n)
• crmsci:S20 Rigid Physical Feature → crmsci:O7 confines (is confined by) (0,n:0,n)
• crmsci:S10 Material Substantial → crmsci:O25 contains (is contained in) (0,n:0,n)