Class: Diffusion

diffusion is motion of particles at temperatures above absolute zero.

URI: sio:Diffusion

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Parents

  • is_a: PassiveMovement - passive movement is the process in which an object is spatially displaced without an expenditure of energy contained in molecular bonds.

Children

  • BrownianMotion - Brownian motion is the seemlingly random movement of particles suspended in a fluid.
  • Osmosis - osmosis is the movement of water molecules through a selectively-permeable membrane down a water potential gradient.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from PassiveMovement:

  • hasCreator 0..1
    • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
    • Range: Entity

  • hasAttribute 0..1

    • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

    • Range: Entity

    • satisfies 0..1

    • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

    • Range: Description

    • isRelatedTo 0..1
    • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
    • Range: Entity
    • hasParticipant 0..1

    • Description: has participant is a relation that describes the participation of the object in the (processual) subject.

    • Range: Entity