Look up: entity

1. Entity
   See discarnate entity.
   Found on http://www.psychics.co.uk/define/
   
   
2. 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
   
   
3. Entity
   See discarnate entity.
   Found on http://www.psychicscience.org/paraglos.x
   
   
4. 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
   
   
5. 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
   
   
6. 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.encyclo.co.uk/local/20408
   
   
7. 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
   
   
8. 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...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/48
   
   
9. 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
   
   
10. entity
    noun that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
11. 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
    
    
12. 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
    
    
13. Entity
    An organization or person that possesses a separate existence for tax purposes. An example of an entity would be a corporation, partnership, or trust.
    Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def/e023.htm
    
    
14. Entity
    n. a general term for any institution, company, corporation, partnership, government agency, university or any other organization which is distinguished from individuals
    Found on http://www.legal-explanations.com/defini
    
    
15. entity
    Type: Term Pronunciation: en′ti-tē Definitions: 1. 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.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio