ontic

on·tic

[on-tik]
adjective Philosophy.
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.

Origin:
1940–45; < Greek ont- (see onto-) + -ic

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Word Origin & History

ontic
1949, from Gk. ont-, comb. form of on (gen. ontos) "being," prp. of einai "to be" (see essence).
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Ontic is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Ontic definition

language
Object-oriented language for an inference system with a Lisp-like appearance, but based on set theory.
["Ontic: A Knowledge Representation System for Mathematics", D.A. McAllester, MIT Press 1989].
(1996-06-24)

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