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ontology
     1. n. (philosophy) The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being.
     2. n. (philosophy) The theory of a particular philosopher or school of thought concerning the fundamental types of entity in the universe.
     3. n. (logic) A logical system involving theory of classes, developed by Stanislaw Lesniewski (1886-1939).
     4. n. (computer science, information science) A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.



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