Look up: entity

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   Entity
   See discarnate entity.
   Found on http://www.psychics.co.uk/define/
   
   
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   entity
   [Noun] Something with a separate and independent existence.
   Example: The country is divided and no longer a political entity.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
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   Entity
   See discarnate entity.
   Found on http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/para/paragl
   
   
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   Entity
   Something about which data is stored in a databank or database e.g. building or tree. The data may consist of relationships, attributes, positional and shape information and so on. Often synonymous with Feature.
   Found on http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsit
   
   
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   entity
   [n] - that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own physical existence (living or nonliving)
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Entity
   ..... a person, object, place or event for which data is collected. For example, if you consider the information system for a business, entities would include not only customers, but the customer's address, and orders as well [source]. Alternatively, entities are 'the elements or parts of a system'
   Found on http://www.smithsrisca.demon.co.uk/memor
   
   
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   entity
   the basic unit of information in a file. The term applies to single items, which may be individual elements of geometry, collections of annotation to form dimensions, or collections of entities to form structured entities Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Entity
   En'ti·ty noun ; plural Entities . [ Late Latin entitas , from Latin ens , entis , thing, prop. present participle of esse to be: confer French entité . 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 persona ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/48
   
   
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   entity
   An independent thing; that which contains in itself all the conditions essential to individuality; that which forms of itself a complete whole; medically, denoting a separate and distinct disease or condition. ... Origin: L. Ens (ent-), being, pres. P. Of esse, to be ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
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    entity
    noun that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
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    Entity
    An `entity` is something that has a distinct, separate existence, though it need not be a material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity is animate. Entities are used in system developments as models that display communications and internal processing of, say, documents compared to order processing. An entity could be viewed as a set con...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity
    
    
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    Entity
    • (n.) A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    entity
    An independent thing; that which contains in itself all the conditions essential to individuality; that which forms of itself a complete whole; medically, denoting a separate and distinct disease or condition. [L. ens (ent-), being, pres. p. of esse, to be]
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    Entity
    A real being; also the common element in all individuals belonging to a genus or species, which may be considered apart from the individual characteristics. Sometimes used in the sense of a vague and ill-defined reality. -- J.J.R.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/e.html