Ontology (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ontology" is a kind of...):

metaphysics (the philosophical study of being and knowing)

Derivation:

ontological (of or relating to ontology)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ontology" is a kind of...):

arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

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