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on⋅tic

  [on-tik]
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–adjective Philosophy.
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
Origin:
1940–45; < Gk ont- (see onto- ) + -ic
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on·tic   (ŏn'tĭk)   
adj.  Ontological.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Ontic 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, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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