Ontology

[ɒn'tɒlәdʒi]

Definition

(noun.) the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence.

(noun.) (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations.

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Definition

(n.) That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.

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Definition

n. the science that treats of the principles of pure being: that part of metaphysics which treats of the nature and essence of things.—adjs. Ontolog′ic -al.—adv. Ontolog′ically.—n. Ontol′ogist one versed in ontology.

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