Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
entity

more about entity

entity


  2  definitions  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}] 




more about entity