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Definition of Abstraction
1. Noun. A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance. "He loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
Specialized synonyms: Right, Absolute, Teacher, Thing
Generic synonyms: Concept, Conception, Construct
Derivative terms: Abstract, Abstract, Abstract, Abstract
2. Noun. The act of withdrawing or removing something.
3. Noun. The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.
Generic synonyms: Theorisation, Theorization
Derivative terms: Abstract, Generalise, Generalize
4. Noun. An abstract painting.
5. Noun. Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else.
Generic synonyms: Absorption, Engrossment, Preoccupancy, Preoccupation
Specialized synonyms: Reverie, Revery
Derivative terms: Abstracted
6. Noun. A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples.
Generic synonyms: Entity
Specialized synonyms: Psychological Feature, Attribute, Group, Grouping, Relation, Communication, Amount, Measure, Quantity, Otherworld, Set
Derivative terms: Abstract
Definition of Abstraction
1. n. The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.
Definition of Abstraction
1. Noun. The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. ¹
2. Noun. (philosophy) The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics. ¹
3. Noun. The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities. ¹
4. Noun. An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, ''to fight for mere '''abstractions'''''.(defdate 1644)(reference-book last = Dobbie first = Elliott K. coauthors = Dunmore, C. William, et al. editor = Barnhart, Robert K. title = Chambers Dictionary of Etymology origyear = 1998 year = 2004 publisher = Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd location = Edinburgh, Scotland isbn =0550142304 pages = 5) ¹
5. Noun. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, ''a hermit's '''abstraction'''''. ¹
6. Noun. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects. ¹
7. Noun. (context: neologism) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. ¹
8. Noun. (context: chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. - Nicholson ¹
9. Noun. (context: engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer, typically for industrial or agricultural uses. ¹
10. Noun. (context: computing) Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems. ¹
11. Noun. (context: computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction. ¹
12. Noun. (context: art) An abstract creation, or piece of art.(defdate 1915) ¹
13. Noun. (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much as to assimilate the smaller. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abstraction
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Medical Definition of Abstraction
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1. The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. "A wrongful abstraction of wealth from certain members of the community." (J. S. Mill)
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