单词 | ontology |
释义 | ontology (once / 17909 pages) 1n 2n If you are interested in metaphysics and the meaning of existence (and want to impress your friends), ontology may be a good field of study for you. Ontology comes from two Greek words: on, which means "being," and logia, which means "study." So ontology is the study of being alive and existing. Heady stuff, but something we all ponder at one point or another. When you see the word ontology, think of Hamlet agonizing over "To be, or not to be" or Descartes stating "I think, therefore I am." WORD FAMILYontology: ontological, ontologies+/ontological: ontologically USAGE EXAMPLESWe identified the statistically significant gene ontology biological process terms, molecular function terms and zebrafish phenotype descriptions of the genes that are associated with CNEs. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) Don’t we want to raise a child without the impulse to terrorize any lifelike thing, regardless of its putative ontology? The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016) Second, researchers must abide by data standards and ontology to help others to use the data. Nature(Oct 25, 2016) 1 n the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence 2Hyper metaphysics the philosophical study of being and knowing n (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations Hyper arrangement, organisation, organization, system an organized structure for arranging or classifying |
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