Look up: Abstract

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   Abstract
   Abstract means theoretical rather than practical.
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   abstract
   [adj] - not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature 2. [adj] - based on specialized theory 3. [adj] - dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention 4. [adj] - existing only in the mind 5. [v] - give an abstract (of) 6. [v] - consider apart from a particular case or instance 7. [v] - consider a concept without thinking of a specific example
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   Abstract
   Art which departs from real subjects and representational accuracy in preference to shapes, colour and texture. This form of Scottish Art is sometimes referred to as non-representational art.
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   abstract
   Summary, especially of articles, books, or proceedings, as far as possible in the words of the original. Contributors to learned journals are often required to write the abstract of their own...
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   Abstract
   A brief summary of the content of a publication or of a journal
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   Abstract
   art that is dependent on colour, form, texture, pattern and line without referring to any subject matter recognisable from the ‘visible` world – it is not a painting or sculpture ‘of` something we could see, and so is different from representational art.
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   Abstract
   In the photographic sense, an image that is conceived apart from concrete reality, generally emphasizing lines, colours and geometrical forms, and their relationship to one another.
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   Abstract
   Ab'stract` (#; 277) adjective [ Latin abstractus , past participle of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab , abs + trahere to draw. See Trace .] 1. Withdraw; separate. [ Obsolete] « The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. » 2. Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separat ...
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   Abstract
   Ab·stract' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Abstracted ; present participle & verbal noun Abstracting .] [ See Abstract , adjective ] 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. « He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. < ...
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    Abstract
    Ab·stract' transitive verb To perform the process of abstraction. [ R.] « I own myself able to abstract in one sense. Berkeley. »
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    Abstract
    Ab'stract` noun [ See Abstract , adjective ] 1. That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. « An abstract of every treatise he had read. Watts. » « Man, the abstract ...
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    abstract
    1. Withdraw; separate. 'The more abstract . . . We are from the body.' (Norris) ... 2. Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; exiting in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult. ... 3. <logic> Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart f ...
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    abstract
    abstractionist adjective not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; `a large abstract painting`
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    abstract
    adjective dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; `abstract reasoning`; `abstract science`
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    abstract
    adjective existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; `abstract words like `truth` and `justice``
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    abstract
    verb consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
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    abstract
    verb give an abstract (of)
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    Abstract
    • (a.) Withdraw; separate. • (a.) Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult. • (a.) Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- ...
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    abstract
    (from the article `information processing`) ...The purpose of secondary literature is to `filter` the primary information sources, usually by subject area, and provide the indicators to this ... Two types of documents, indexes and abstracts, contain catalogs and bibliographies of original materials. Indexes include any of coun...
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    abstract
    abstract (s), abstracts (pl) 1. Not concrete; not relating to concrete objects but expressing something that can only be appreciated intellectually. 2. Not easy to understand; based on general principles or theories rather than on specific instances. 3. A brief statement of the essential thoughts of a book, article, speech, court record, etc...
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    Abstract
    An summary of an information source. Abstracts may be included with the citations in an index.
    Found on http://www.ycp.edu/library/ifl/glossary.
    
    
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    Abstract
    (Lat. ab, from + trahere, to draw) A designation applied to a partial aspect or quality considered in isolation from a total object, which is, in contrast, designated concrete. -- L.W.
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