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Entity
//ˈɛn.tɪ.ti// noun
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Noun
- 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 that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) wordnet
- 3 The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
- 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 The state or quality of being or existence.
"The group successfully maintains its tribal entity."
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- 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."
- 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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