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entity

en.ti.ty \'en(t)-*t-e-\ n [ML entitas, fr. L ent-, ens existing thing, fr. 
   coined prp.]of esse to be 1a: BEING, EXISTENCE; esp : independent, 
   separate, or s elf-contained existence 1b: the existence of a thing as 
   contrasted with its attributes  2: something that has separate and distinct 
   existence and objective or conc eptual reality