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Ontology is the branch of metaphysics focused on studying the nature of being. (noun)

When a physicist establishes different categories to divide existing things into in order to better understand those things and how they fit together in the broader world, this is an example of ontology.

See ontology in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being, reality, or ultimate substance
pl. ontologies a particular theory about being or reality

Related Forms:

ontological adjective
ontologically adverb
ontologist noun

See ontology in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ŏn-tŏlˈə-jē)

noun

The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being.

Related Forms:

on·tolˈo·gist noun

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