{ } n. [ See Ontology, and Genesis. ] (Biol.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.
Syn. -- growth, growing, maturation, development. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ontologic

a. Ontological. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ontological

a. [ Cf. F. ontologique. ] Of or pertaining to ontology. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ontologically

adv. In an ontological manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ontologist

n. [ Cf. F. ontologiste. ] One who is versed in or treats of ontology. Edin. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ontology

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the things which exist (pl.neut. of &unr_;, &unr_;, being, p. pr. of &unr_; to be) + -logy: cf. F. ontologie. ] 1. That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Computers) A systematic arrangement of all of the important categories of objects or concepts which exist in some field of discourse, showing the relations between them. When complete, an ontology is a categorization of all of the concepts in some field of knowledge, including the objects and all of the properties, relations, and functions needed to define the objects and specify their actions. A simplified ontology may contain only a hierarchical classification (a taxonomy) showing the type subsumption relations between concepts in the field of discourse. An ontology may be visualized as an abstract graph with nodes and labeled arcs representing the objects and relations. The concepts included in an ontology and the hierarchical ordering will be to a certain extent arbitrary, depending upon the purpose for which the ontology is created. This arises from the fact that objects are of varying importance for different purposes, and different properties of objects may be chosen as the criteria by which objects are classified. In addition, different degrees of aggregation of concepts may be used, and distinctions of importance for one purpose may be of no concern for a different purpose. [ PJC ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

ontogenetic

(adj) of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms, Example:ontogenetic development

ontological

(adj) of or relating to ontology, Example:ontological speculations

ontology

(n) (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations

ontology

(n) the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence

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本体论

[本体论 / 本體論, běn tǐ lùn] ontology #31666

到﹍之上

[到﹍之上, dào zhī shàng] onto

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線

[せん, sen] (n, n-suf) (1) line; stripe; stria; (2) line (e.g. telephone line); wire; (3) (See Ｘ線) ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; (4) line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane; (5) outline; contours; form; (6) level; (7) division; (8) (See いい線) line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle; (9) (See 線が太い, 線が細い) impression one leaves; air one gives off; (P) #134

発生

[はっせい, hassei] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; origin; (2) (See 個体発生) ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state; (P) #792

本当に

[ほんとうに(P);ほんとに(ik), hontouni (P); hontoni (ik)] (adv) really; truly; (P) #3171

フロント

[furonto] (n) (1) front; (2) reception (hotel, etc.); front desk; (P) #4666

船橋

[ふなばし(P);せんきょう, funabashi (P); senkyou] (n) (1) pontoon bridge; temporary bridge made using ships; (2) (せんきょう only) bridge (of a ship); (P) #4793

フォント

[fonto] (n) font #5453

コントロール

[kontoro-ru] (n, vs) control; (P) #6114

本当(P);本當(oK)

[ほんとう(P);ほんと(ik), hontou (P); honto (ik)] (adj-na, n) truth; reality; (P) #6463