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   On·tol·o·gy

   /änˈtäləjē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.
   • 2. a set of concepts and categories in a subject area or domain that shows their properties and the relations between them: "what's new about our ontology is that it is created automatically from large datasets"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from modern Latin ontologia, from Greek ōn, ont- ‘being’ + -logy.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ontologist noun

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