ontology
Americannoun
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the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
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(loosely) metaphysics.
noun
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philosophy the branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being
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logic the set of entities presupposed by a theory
Other Word Forms
- ontologic adjective
- ontological adjective
- ontologically adverb
- ontologist noun
- ontologistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of ontology
From the New Latin word ontologia, dating back to 1715–25. See onto-, -logy
Example Sentences
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New applications and workflows can be built on top of an existing ontology instead of requiring a new integration and data-modeling effort each time.
From Barron's
The latest lingo bingo words are AI agents, context and business ontology.
The deeper risk is that we may be optimizing the wrong thing by improving algorithms while leaving the underlying computational ontology unchanged.
From Science Daily
“As AI accelerates, enterprises are realizing that the ontology is key to incorporate these rapidly evolving capabilities,” added the analyst.
From Barron's
“As AI accelerates, enterprises are realizing that the ontology is key to incorporate these rapidly evolving capabilities,” added the analyst.
From Barron's
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