entities

noun

That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.

(databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.

The existence of something considered apart from its properties.

The state or quality of being or existence.

A spirit, ghost, or the like.

(science fiction) An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.

Roots

esseent- · Latin · be

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