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- [on-tol-uh-jee]
- /ɒnˈtɒl ə dʒi/
- /ɒnˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/
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- [on-tol-uh-jee]
- /ɒnˈtɒl ə dʒi/
Definitions of ontology word
- noun ontology the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such. 1
- noun ontology (loosely) metaphysics. 1
- noun ontology The branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being. 1
- noun ontology study of being 1
- noun Technical meaning of ontology 1. (philosophy) A systematic account of Existence. 2. (artificial intelligence) (From philosophy) An explicit formal specification of how to represent the objects, concepts and other entities that are assumed to exist in some area of interest and the relationships that hold among them. For AI systems, what "exists" is that which can be represented. When the knowledge about a domain is represented in a declarative language, the set of objects that can be represented is called the universe of discourse. We can describe the ontology of a program by defining a set of representational terms. Definitions associate the names of entities in the universe of discourse (e.g. classes, relations, functions or other objects) with human-readable text describing what the names mean, and formal axioms that constrain the interpretation and well-formed use of these terms. Formally, an ontology is the statement of a logical theory. A set of agents that share the same ontology will be able to communicate about a domain of discourse without necessarily operating on a globally shared theory. We say that an agent commits to an ontology if its observable actions are consistent with the definitions in the ontology. The idea of ontological commitment is based on the Knowledge-Level perspective. 3. (information science) The hierarchical structuring of knowledge about things by subcategorising them according to their essential (or at least relevant and/or cognitive) qualities. See subject index. This is an extension of the previous senses of "ontology" (above) which has become common in discussions about the difficulty of maintaining subject indices. 1
- uncountable noun ontology Ontology is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of existence. 0
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Origin of ontology
First appearance:
before 1715 One of the 49% newest English words
From the New Latin word ontologia, dating back to 1715-25. See onto-, -logy
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ontology popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ontology
noun ontology
- knowledge — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
- principles — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- idea — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
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