ontology
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1. the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | metaphysics, |
| definition | : | the philosophical study of being and knowing (noun.cognition) |
2. (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations (noun.cognition)
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
3. the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | ontological, |
| definition | : | of or relating to ontology (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | ontological, |
| definition | : | of or relating to ontology (adj.pert) |
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