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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

quantity
the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

noun.cognition

11 Subcategories

quantum go
a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
term go
any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
numerical quantity go
a quantity expressed as a number
operand go
a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed
variable, variable quantity go
a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
constant, constant quantity, invariable go
a quantity that does not vary
parameter go
a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data
product, mathematical product go
a quantity obtained by multiplication
amount, sum, total go
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
proportional go
one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
binomial go
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms