ens

plural enses · plural entia

1. human sciencesAn entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.

   the Nature of the Supreme Ens

   1860, John Henry Macmahon, A treatise on metaphysics: chiefly in reference to revealed religion, page 195

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   Forms sphered in fire with trembling light array'd, / Ens without weight, and substance without shade […].

   1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 41

2. historicalalchemySomething supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle.

   Here he states that there are five ‘active principles’ – the five Enses or entia – that influence our bodies and give rise to disease […]

   2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow, published 2007, page 245

1. pluralplural of en

plural ENSs

1. abbreviationinitialismanatomyInitialism of enteric nervous system.

1. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of Ethereum Name Service.

   The components involved in ENS loosely mimic those of DNS, with the difference that they are implemented as smart contracts within the Ethereum network.

   2019, Santiago Palladino, Ethereum for Web Developers, Apress, →ISBN, page 267

1. Alternative letter-case form of ens.

1. pluralplural of EN