Elucidation: A specifically dependent continuant entity that has at least one independent continuant as its bearer, and whose instances can be realized (manifested, actualized, executed) in associated processes of specific correlated types in which the bearer participates. Example of usage: the function of our reproductive organs; the role of being a doctor; the disposition of our blood to coagulate; the disposition of this piece of metal to conduct electricity. Source: Robert Arp, Barry Smith, and Andrew D. Spear: Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology. The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England. ©2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ISBN 978-0-262-52781-1, Glossary. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/bfo/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FBFO_0000017