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1. (n.) ontology
the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
2. ontology
(loosely) metaphysics.
Etymology: (1715–25; < NL ontologia. See onto -, -logy)
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1. (noun) ontology
(computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
2. (noun) ontology
the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Ontology
another name for metaphysics (q. v.) or the science of pure being, being at its living source in spirit or God, or Nature viewed as divine, especially as the ground of the spiritual in man and giving substantive being to him.
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