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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ommateal \Om`ma*te"al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to an ommateum. | |
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Alert \A*lert"\, n. (Mil.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. [bd]We have had an alert.[b8] --Farrow. {On the alert}, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lee \Lee\, a. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to {weather}; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel. {Lee gauge}. See {Gauge}, n. (Naut.) {Lee shore}, the shore on the lee side of a vessel. {Lee tide}, a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows. {On the lee beam}, directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
, the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run before the Revolution (1764-1767) by two English astronomers named Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. In an extended sense, the line between the free and the slave States. {On the line}, on a level with the eye of the spectator; -- said of a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures. | |
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Ontologic \On`to*log"ic\, a. Ontological. | |
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Ontological \On`to*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ontologique.] Of or pertaining to ontology. | |
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Ontologically \On`*to*log"ic*al*ly\, adv. In an ontological manner. | |
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Ontologist \On*tol"o*gist\, n. [Cf.F. ontologiste.] One who is versed in or treats of ontology. --Edin. Rev. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ontology \On*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] the things which exist (pl.neut. of [?], [?], being, p. pr. of [?] to be) + -logy: cf.F. ontologie.] 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. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Owendale, MI (village, FIPS 61920) Location: 43.72702 N, 83.26775 W Population (1990): 285 (123 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48754 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OMTool A graphical tool from General Electric Advanced Concepts Center for design and analysis of systems with the {OMT} methodology. Generates {C++} and {SQL} code. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ontology 1. 2. formal specification of how to represent the objects, concepts and other entities that are assumed to exist in some area of interest and the relationships that hold among them. For {AI} systems, what "exists" is that which can be represented. When the {knowledge} about a {domain} is represented in a {declarative language}, the set of objects that can be represented is called the {universe of discourse}. We can describe the ontology of a program by defining a set of representational terms. Definitions associate the names of entities in the {universe of discourse} (e.g. classes, relations, functions or other objects) with human-readable text describing what the names mean, and formal {axioms} that constrain the interpretation and well-formed use of these terms. Formally, an ontology is the statement of a {logical theory}. A set of {agents} that share the same ontology will be able to communicate about a domain of discourse without necessarily operating on a globally shared theory. We say that an agent commits to an ontology if its observable actions are consistent with the definitions in the ontology. The idea of ontological commitment is based on the {Knowledge-Level} perspective. 3. knowledge about things by subcategorising them according to their essential (or at least relevant and/or cognitive) qualities. See {subject index}. This is an extension of the previous senses of "ontology" (above) which has become common in discussions about the difficulty of maintaining {subject indices}. (1997-04-09) |