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1. Abstraction
   [disambiguation] Abstraction is a process or result of generalization, removal of properties, or distancing of ideas from objects. This may refer in particular to one of the following: Abstraction may also refer to: ...
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2. Abstraction
   [sociology] Sociological Abstraction refers to the varying levels at which theoretical concepts can be understood. This idea is very similar to the philosophical understanding of abstraction. There are two basic levels of sociological abstraction: sociological concepts and operationalized so...
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3. abstraction
   a play that is wholly or partly not representational. Example: 'Ohio Impromptu,' an abstraction by Samuel Beckett, 2m or 2f.
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4. Abstraction
   The process of selection, generalisation and aggregation.
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5. abstraction
   [n] - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance 2. [n] - the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances 3. [n] - an abstract painting 4. [n] - the act of withdrawing or removing something 5. [n] - a general concept f...
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6. Abstraction
   At the heart of cognition there is really only one fundamental ability, namely that of abstraction. This is the ability to take the essentials out of something, as when spotting perceptual common factors such as pitch and volume (sound) or colour and shape (vision), or the common attributes which id
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7. abstraction
   In philosophy, the process by which universals and...
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8. abstraction
   the separation of the logical properties of data or function from its implementation in a computer program Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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9. Abstraction
   Ab·strac'tion noun [ Confer French abstraction . See Abstract , adjective ] 1. The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. « A wrongful abstrac...
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10. abstraction
    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 The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.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) ... 2. <psychology> The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex obj...
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11. abstraction
    noun an abstract painting
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12. abstraction
    noun the act of withdrawing or removing something
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13. abstraction
    noun a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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14. abstraction
    abstract noun a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; `he loved her only in the abstract--not in person`
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15. abstraction
    (ab-strak´shәn) the mental process of forming ideas that are theoretical or representational rather than concrete. the withdrawal of any ingredient from a compound. malocclusion in which the occlusal plane is farther from the eye-ear plane, causing lengthening of the face.
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16. Abstraction
    • (a.) The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. • (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by...
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17. abstraction
    (from the article `mathematics, foundations of`) One recent tendency in the development of mathematics has been the gradual process of abstraction. The Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel ... But there are further difficulties. The empiricist must explain how abstract ideas, such as the concept of a perfect triangle, can be reduce...
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18. Abstraction
    [mathematics] Abstraction in mathematics is the process of extracting the underlying essence of a mathematical concept, removing any dependence on real world objects with which it might originally have been connected, and generalising it so that it has wider applications or matching among ot...
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19. Abstraction
    [computer science] In computer science, abstraction is the process by which data and programs are defined with a representation similar in form to its meaning (semantics), while hiding away the implementation details. Abstraction tries to reduce and factor out details so that the programmer ...
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20. Abstraction
    Abstraction is a process by which higher concepts are derived from the usage and classification of literal ("real" or "concrete") concepts, first principles, or other methods. "An abstraction" is the product of this process – a concept that acts as a super-categorical noun for all subordinate concepts, and connects any related concepts as ...
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21. Abstraction
    (Lat. ab, from + trahere, to draw) The process of ideally separating a partial aspect or quality from a total object. Also the result or product of mental abstraction. Abstraction, which concentrates its attention on a single aspect, differs from analysis which considers all aspects on a par. -- L.W...
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22. abstraction
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ab-strak′shŭn Definitions: 1. Distillation or separation of the volatile constituents of a substance. 2. Exclusive mental concentration. 3. The making of an abstract from the crude drug. 4. Malocclusion in which the teeth or associated structures are lower than t...
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23. abstraction
    1. Generalisation; ignoring or hiding details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances. Examples are abstract data types (the representation details are hidden), abstract syntax (the details of the concrete syntax are ignored), abstract interpretation (details are ignored to ...
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24. Abstraction
    [linguistics] The term abstraction has a number of uses in the field of linguistics. It can denote a process (also called object abstraction) in the development of language, whereby terms become used for concepts further removed from the objects to which they were originally attached. It can...
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