OntologieshcaopropertiesRO:0002220   
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adjacent toImported
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002220

x adjacent to y if and only if x and y share a boundary.

x adjacent_to y iff: x and y share a boundary.

Defined byro
Also appears incdnonboohpiagrogo + 59
property Information
Characteristics

Symmetric

editor note

This relation acts as a join point with BSPO

example of usage
  • A caterpillar walking on the surface of a leaf is adjacent_to the leaf, if one of the caterpillar appendages is touching the leaf. In contrast, a butterfly flying close to a flower is not considered adjacent, unless there are any touching parts.
  • The epidermis layer of a vertebrate is adjacent to the dermis.
  • The plasma membrane of a cell is adjacent to the cytoplasm, and also to the cell lumen which the cytoplasm occupies.
  • The skin of the forelimb is adjacent to the skin of the torso if these are considered anatomical subdivisions with a defined border. Otherwise a relation such as continuous_with would be used.
has curation status

pending final vettingiao

has_dbxref

adjacent toro

has_obo_namespace
  • external
  • spatial
  • uberon
shorthand

adjacent_to

temporal interpretation

axiom holds for all timesro

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