Definition of Ontic

1. Adjective. Ontological. ¹

2. Adjective. Whatever pertains to being generally, as opposed some theory of it (which would be ontology). ¹

3. Adjective. The intransitive objects of some specific, historically determinate, scientific investigation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ontic

1. having real being or existence [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ontic

onsite
onslaught
onslaughter
onslaughters
onslaughts
onslip
onslips
onsold
onst
onstage
onstead
onsteads
onstream
ontake
ontario
ontic (current term)
ontically
onto
onto-
onto land
ontogeneses
ontogenesis
ontogenetic
ontogenetically
ontogenic
ontogenic homeostasis
ontogenies
ontogeny
ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
ontologic

Literary usage of Ontic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1893)
"Here two distinct series of terms ar'e made, those for phyletic stages being formed by the simple prefix phyl-, to the ontic term for the corresponding ..."

2. The History of Rome: Translated with the Author's Sanction and Additions by by Theodor Mommsen (1880)
"Abdera and Philippi became the principal bases for the operations of the Pontic arms in I'ontic fleet Europe. The Pontic fleet, commanded by Mithradates' ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1898)
"... «hire Lieutenancy, Cursor's Collectanea Anglo- I'ontic» (the foregoing are all published by the diet ham Si «-.i; ..."

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