entity

Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.tə.ti/ [-tʰi]

The English word “entity” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.
The state or quality of being or existence.
A spirit, ghost, or the like.
An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.

From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.

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