Ens

//ˈɛnz// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.

    "Forms sphered in fire with trembling light array'd, / Ens without weight, and substance without shade […]."

  2. 2
    plural of en form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Initialism of enteric nervous system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of ens. alt-of
  5. 5
    plural of EN form-of, plural
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  1. 6
    Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle. historical

    "Here he states that there are five ‘active principles’ – the five Enses or entia – that influence our bodies and give rise to disease […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Ethereum Name Service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The components involved in ENS loosely mimic those of DNS, with the difference that they are implemented as smart contracts within the Ethereum network."

Synonyms

All synonyms
beingenteric nervous systementityessenceexistencelife

Example

More examples

"The toponym Tunis comes from the root "ens", a night camp for troops."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Latin ēns (“thing”), from esse (“to be”). See entity.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Related phrases

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