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1.NounAn abridgement or summary of a longer publication. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.NounSomething that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
Concentrated essence of a product.
A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
3.NounConcentrated essence of a product.
4.NounA powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
5.NounAn abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
6.NounThe theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
7.NounAn abstract work of art.
8.NounA summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
9.AdjectiveDerived; extracted.
10.AdjectiveDrawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
11.AdjectiveNot concrete: conceptual, ideal."Her new film is an abstract piece, combining elements of magic realism, flashbacks, and animation but with very little in terms of plot construction."
12.AdjectiveInsufficiently factual.
13.AdjectiveApart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
14.AdjectiveAs a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
15.AdjectiveDifficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize."The politician gave a somewhat abstract answer when asked about their plans to cut spending."
16.AdjectiveSeparately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
17.AdjectivePertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
18.AdjectiveAbsent-minded.
19.AdjectivePertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.
Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20 century.
Absolute.
Lacking a story.
20.AdjectiveFree from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20 century.
21.AdjectiveAbsolute.
22.AdjectiveLacking a story.
23.AdjectiveBeing a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
24.VerbTo separate; to disengage.
To remove; to take away; withdraw.
To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
To extract by means of distillation.
To draw off (interest or attention)."He was wholly abstracted by other objects.; He abstracted out the square root function."
25.VerbTo remove; to take away; withdraw.
26.VerbTo steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
27.VerbTo extract by means of distillation.
28.VerbTo draw off (interest or attention)."He was wholly abstracted by other objects."
29.VerbTo withdraw oneself; to retire.
30.VerbTo consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
To perform the process of abstraction.
To create abstractions.
To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out"."He abstracted out the square root function."
31.VerbTo conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
32.VerbTo perform the process of abstraction.
33.VerbTo create abstractions.
34.VerbTo produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out"."He abstracted out the square root function."
35.VerbTo summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.