Entity

//ˈɛn.tɪ.ti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.

    "The organisational and administrative tasks involved in welding the railways into a single entity have also received much publicity."

  2. 2
    that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) wordnet
  3. 3
    The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
  4. 4
    Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.
  5. 5
    The state or quality of being or existence.

    "The group successfully maintains its tribal entity."

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  1. 6
    A spirit, ghost, or the like.

    "[B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities."

  2. 7
    An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.

Etymology

From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.

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