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represents comparison table
Subject have domain2 have domain1 documentation have axiom is a kind of is an instance of
BinaryPredicate  A Predicate relating two items - its valence is two
(=>
(instance ?REL BinaryPredicate)
(valence ?REL 2))
Predicate 
representsEntityPhysicalA very general semiotics Predicate. (represents ?THING ?ENTITY) means that ?THING in some way expresses, connotes, pictures, describes, etc. ?ENTITY. The Predicates containsInformation and realization are subrelations of represents. Note that represents is a subrelation of refers, since something can represent something else only if it refers to this other thing
(=>
(represents ?REP ?ENTITY)
(exists (?LANGUAGE)
(representsInLanguage ?REP ?ENTITY ?LANGUAGE)))
 BinaryPredicate

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