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NonspecificNumber
subject			fact

NonspecificNumber	documentation A NonspecificNumber is used to indicate quantity of items when one cannot or does not want to say exactly how many items there are
	is a kind of Number
Number	is first domain of RationalNumberFn
	is first domain of RealNumberFn
Quantity	is second domain of AdditionFn
	is second domain of DivisionFn
	is second domain of greaterThan
	is second domain of greaterThanOrEqualTo
	is second domain of lessThan
	is second domain of lessThanOrEqualTo
	is second domain of MaxFn
	is second domain of MinFn
	is second domain of MultiplicationFn
	is second domain of RemainderFn
	is second domain of SubtractionFn
Abstract	has axiom (<=> (instance ?ABS Abstract) (not (exists (?POINT) (or (located ?ABS ?POINT) (existant ?ABS ?POINT)))))
	is disjoint from Physical

Kinds of NonspecificNumber :

• Few (2 facts) - Useful for contextual assessment of number. Note that a formula containing this Class cannot be converted into a precise numeric range. For example, compare 'few books on the table' (perhaps there are three books) and 'few eritrocytes in your blood' (this might mean there are 3 million per part)
• Many (2 facts) - Useful for contextual assessment of number. Note that this cannot be converted into a precise numeric range. For example, compare 'many books on the table' (perhaps there are twelve books) and 'many eritrocytes in your blood' (this might mean there are 8 million per part)

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