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ens¹

  • /ˈɛnz/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛnz

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From Late Latin ēns (“thing”), from esse (“to be”). See entity.

noun enses · entia

  1. An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute. Forms sphered in fire with trembling light array'd, / Ens without weight, and substance without shade […].
  2. historical Something 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 […]

ens²

  • /ˈɛnz/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛnz

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Inflected forms.

noun

  1. plural plural of en

ENS³

noun ENSs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of enteric nervous system

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism 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.

Ens⁴

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ens

ENs⁵

noun

  1. plural plural of EN

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"ens." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ens. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ens. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ens

Chicago

"ens." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ens.

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@misc{ens_2026,
  title = {ens},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ens},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}