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ternary relation (TernaryRelation)

TernaryRelations relate three items. The two subclasses of TernaryRelation are TernaryPredicate and BinaryFunction.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Class(es)

class
is instance of
  inheritable relation  
is instance of
  ternary relation  

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  abstract  
is subclass of
  relation  
is subclass of
  ternary relation  

Subclass(es)

binary function  ternary predicate 

Coordinate term(s)

binary function  binary predicate  binary relation  case role  function  intentional relation  list  object attitude  partial valued relation  predicate  probability relation  propositional attitude  quaternary function  quaternary predicate  quaternary relation  quintary predicate  quintary relation  relation extended to quantities  single valued relation  spatial relation  temporal relation  ternary function  ternary predicate  total valued relation  unary function  variable arity relation 

Axioms (3)

relation is disjointly decomposed into binary relation,ternary relation,quaternary relation,quintary relation,variable arity relation.
(disjoint decomposition relation binary relation ternary relation quaternary relation quintary relation variable arity relation)

If is an instance of ternary relation, then there don't exist ,,,, so that (,,,,) holds.
(=>
      (instance  ternary relation)
      (not
            (exists
                  (    )
                  (holds      ))))

(=>
      (and
            (instance  relation extended to quantities)
            (instance  ternary relation)
            (instance  real number)
            (instance  real number)
            (holds    ))
      (forall
            ()
            (=>
                  (instance  unit of measure)
                  (holds
                        
                        (measure fn  )
                        (measure fn  )
                        (measure fn  )))))