1) Absent-mindedness 2) Abstract 3) An abstract painting 4) An impractical idea 5) Concept 6) Concept in metaphysics 7) Conception 8) Construct 9) Data management 10) Formless art work 11) Mathematical terminology 12) Sociological terminology
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Abstraction is a conceptual process by which general rules and concepts are derived from the usage and classification of specific examples, literal (`real` or `concrete`) signifiers, 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 concep...
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[art] Typically, abstraction is used in the arts as a synonym for abstract art in general. ==In the visual arts== Strictly speaking, it refers to art unconcerned with the literal depiction of things from the visible world—it can, however, refer to an object or image which has been distilled from the real world, or indeed, another work of ...
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[computer science] In computer science, abstraction is the process of separating ideas from specific instances of those ideas at work. Computational structures are defined by their meanings (semantics), while hiding away the details of how they work. Abstraction tries to factor out details from a common pattern so that programmers can work ...
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[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 also denote a process applied by linguists themse...
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[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 generalizing it so that it has wider applications or matching among other abstract descriptions of equivalent phenomena....
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[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 sociological concepts. A sociological concept is a m...
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• (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 itself, or the color of the leaves as separate fr...
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(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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a play that is wholly or partly not representational. Example: 'Ohio Impromptu,' an abstraction by Samuel Beckett, 2m or 2f.
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The process of selection, generalisation and aggregation.
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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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In philosophy, the process by which
universals and...
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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) ... 2. <psychology> The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, whe...
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(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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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
abstraction of wealth from certain members of the com...
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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 their normal occlusal plane. 5. The processes or th...
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the act of specifying a general interface hiding implementation details. Classes, abstract classes, and templates are the primary abstraction mechanisms in C++. See also: encapsulation.
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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 formed by extracting common features from specific ...
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noun an abstract painting
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(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. In logic: Given a relation R which is transitiv....
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an abstract or general idea or term. · the act of considering something as a general quality or characteristic, apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances. · an impractical idea; something visionary and unrealistic. · the act of taking away or separating; withdrawal: The sensation of cold is due to the ab...
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the process of formulating general concepts
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