ontology (redirected from Ontologies)

on·tol·o·gy  (n-tl-j)

n.

The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being.

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on·tolo·gist n.

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ontology

Noun

Philosophy the study of the nature of being [Greek ōn being + -logy]

ontological adj

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ontology

philosophical inquiry into the nature of being itself, a branch of metaphysics. — ontologist, n. — ontologie, ontological, ontologistic, adj.

See also: Philosophy

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Noun	1.	ontology - (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations organization, arrangement, organisation, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
	2.	ontology - the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence metaphysics - the philosophical study of being and knowing