entity

  • 21entity */*/ — UK [ˈentətɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms entity : singular entity plural entities formal a separate unit that is complete and has its own character The two countries fought for the right to become separate entities …

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  • 22entity — entitative /en ti tay tiv/, adj. entitatively, adv. /en ti tee/, n., pl. entities. 1. something that has a real existence; thing: corporeal entities. 2. being or existence, esp. when considered as distinct, independent, or self contained: He… …

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  • 23entity — noun /ˈen.tɪ.ti/ a) That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form. It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely… …

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  • 24entity — An independent thing; that which contains in itself all the conditions essential to individuality; that which forms of itself a complete whole; medically, denoting a separate and distinct disease or condition. [L. ens (ent ), being, pres. p. of… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 25entity — A real thing. Entity realism is the term associated with the contemporary Canadian philosopher Ian Hacking, whereby the issue of scientific realism is not one of the truth or falsity of scientific theories, but of the real existence of the things …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 26Entity — Satzinhalt eines Datenbanksegmentes; Entität; Dateneinheit * * * Entity   [dt. Entität, Element], ein HTML Befehl, mit dem Sonderzeichen beschrieben werden können …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 27Entity — En|ti|ty [...ti] das; s, s <aus engl. entity »Wesen, (eigenständiges) Gebilde«, dies aus mlat. entitas; vgl. ↑Entität> genau abgrenzbares individuelles Exemplar, z. B. ein Sonderzeichen (EDV) …

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  • 28entity — See: accounting entity …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 29entity — A separately identifiable economic unit that can be subjected to auditing. An entity in this sense does not necessarily have a separate legal identity: it can refer to a *corporation, *partnership, or *public sector body, or to an activity or… …

    Auditor's dictionary

  • 30entity —   Holo oko a.    ♦ To establish as a seperate entity, ho oka awale …

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