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ab·strac·tion
(ăb-străk′shən, əb-)n.
1.
a. The act of abstracting or the state of having been abstracted.
b. An abstract concept, idea, or term.
c. An abstract quality.
2. Preoccupation; absent-mindedness.
3. An abstract work of art.
ab·strac′tion·al, ab·strac′tive adj.
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abstraction
(æbˈstrækʃən)n
1. absence of mind; preoccupation
2. the process of formulating generalized ideas or concepts by extracting common qualities from specific examples
3. an idea or concept formulated in this way: good and evil are abstractions.
4. (Logic) logic an operator that forms a class name or predicate from any given expression. See also lambda calculus
5. (Art Terms) an abstract painting, sculpture, etc
6. the act of withdrawing or removing
abˈstractive adj
abˈstractively adv
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ab•strac•tion
(æbˈstræk ʃən)n.
1. an abstract or general idea or term.
2. the act of considering something in terms of general qualities, apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.
3. absent-mindedness; inattention.
4. the quality of being abstract.
[1540–50; < Late Latin]
ab•strac′tion•al, adj.
ab•strac′tive, adj.
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abstraction
the taking of another’s property for one’s own use.
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| Noun | 1. |  abstraction - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances absolute - something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative; "no mortal being can influence the absolute" teacher - a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher" thing - a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart" |
| 2. |  abstraction - the act of withdrawing or removing something | |
| 3. | abstraction - the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances theorisation, theorization - the production or use of theories | |
| 4. |  abstraction - an abstract painting | |
| 5. |  abstraction - preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all elsepreoccupancy, preoccupation, engrossment, absorption - the mental state of being preoccupied by something | |
| 6. | abstraction - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples entity - that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) psychological feature - a feature of the mental life of a living organism attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups quantity, measure, amount - how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify otherworld - an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" |
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abstraction
noun
1. concept, thought, idea, view, theory, impression, formula, notion, hypothesis, generalization, theorem, generality Is it worth fighting in the name of an abstraction?
2. absent-mindedness, musing, preoccupation, daydreaming, vagueness, remoteness, absence, inattention, dreaminess, obliviousness, absence of mind, pensiveness, woolgathering, distractedness, bemusedness He noticed her abstraction and asked, 'What's bothering you?'
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abstraction
nounThe condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings:
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абстракция
abstraction
[æbˈstrækʃən] N1. (= act) → abstraccíón f
2. (= absent-mindedness) → distraimiento m, ensimismamiento m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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abstraction
n → Abstraktion f; (= abstract term also) → Abstraktum nt; (= mental separation also) → Abstrahieren nt; (= extraction: of information etc) → Entnahme f; (= absent-mindedness) → Entrücktheit f (geh); to argue in abstractions → in abstrakten Begriffen or in Abstraktionen argumentieren
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abstraction
[æbˈstrækʃ/ən] na. (absence of mind) → distrazione f
b. (Philosophy) → astrazione f, concetto astratto
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