material entityImported
A material entity is an entity that exists in full during the length of time of its existence, persists through this time while maintaining its identity and has no temporal parts. For example a heart, a human, a fly, a microarray.
Defined bybfo
Exact Synonyms
material type
class Information
ArrayExpress_label
sample factor
EFO_URI
example of usage
A heart, a human, a fly, a microarray.
has_alternative_id
organizational_class
true
source_definition
An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time. Note: Material entity [snap:MaterialEntity] subsumes object [snap:Object], fiat object part [snap:FiatObjectPart], and object aggregate [snap:ObjectAggregate], which assume a three level theory of granularity, which is inadequate for some domains, such as biology.
term editor
James Malone
class Relations
Subclass of