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ins | ens |

As a pronoun ins

is he, it.

ins

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (star) Isolated neutron star.
  • Inertial navigation system.
  • (US, historical) Immigration and naturalization service.
    • ===(en)=== (en-abbr)
  • (military, nautical)

    • See also

    * (star) RRAT, AXP, SGR, pulsar, magnetar * (naval) HMIS

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    ens

    English

    Etymology 1

    From . See entity.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (philosophy) An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
  • * 1860 , John Henry Macmahon, A treatise on metaphysics: chiefly in reference to revealed religion , page 195:
    • the Nature of the Supreme Ens
  • Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle.
  • *2006 , (Philip Ball), The Devil's Doctor , Arrow 2007, p. 245:
  • *:Here he states that there are five ‘active principles’ – the five Enses' or '''''entia – that influence our bodies and give rise to disease […].

    • Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Noun

    (head)

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