ens /enz/ (philosophy)

1. Being or existence
2. An entity, as opposed to an attribute

ens per accidens /enz pər akˈsi-dənz or per a-ki-dānsˈ/ noun

(in Aristotelian philosophy) that which exists only as an accident of a substance (an ens per se /sē or sā/)

ens rationis /rā-shi-ōˈnis or ra-ti-ōˈ/ noun

An entity of reason, existing purely in the mind opposed to ens reale /rē-āˈlē or re-äˈle/ which exists actually or potentially outside the mind

ENS

European Nuclear Society

Ens.

Ensign

en /en/

1. The fourteenth letter of the modern English alphabet (N or n)
2. A unit of measurement equal to half an em (printing)

ennˈage noun (printing)

The length of a piece of type measured in ens

en dash or en rule noun (printing)

A dash that is one en long, used as a punctuation mark

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