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Entity

2 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Entity \En"ti*ty\, n.; pl. {Entities}. [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens,
   entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entit['e].
   See {Essence}, {Is}.]
   A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or
   in fact; being; essence; existence.
         Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality.
                                                  --Shairp.
         Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative
         signification.                           --Bentley.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
entity
     n : anything having existence (living or nonliving) [syn: {something}]

Entity

2 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Entity \En"ti*ty\, n.; pl. {Entities}. [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens,
   entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entit['e].
   See {Essence}, {Is}.]
   A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or
   in fact; being; essence; existence.
         Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality.
                                                  --Shairp.
         Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative
         signification.                           --Bentley.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
entity
     n : anything having existence (living or nonliving) [syn: {something}]