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ontic
on·tic
/
ˈɒn
tɪk
/
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on
-tik
]
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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
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010
http://foldoc.org
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