Entity

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈen.tɪ.ti/

Origin

From Medieval Latin entitas, from Latin, present participle of esse, "to be".

Full definition of entity

Noun

1. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|ixIt is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
2. An existent something that has the properties of being real, and having a real existence.
3. (computing) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.
4. The state or quality of being or existence.The group successfully maintains its tribal entity.
• Quotation: The policy of the government of the United States is to seek . . . to preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity --

Synonyms

Derived terms

• entitative
• entity-relationship model
• geopolitical entity
• legal entity
• nonentity

Related terms

• duality
• trinity
• relationship