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Noun:

  • computer science|information science A entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.
  • philosophy The theory of a particular philosopher or school of thought concerning the fundamental types of entity in the universe.
  • logic A Stanislaw Lesniewski (1886-1939).
  • philosophy The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being ''qua'' being.

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