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Definition of to abstract in English English dictionary: A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance; To steal; to take away; to remove without permission; To extract by means of distillation; An abridgement or summary; Apart from practice or reality; not concrete; ideal; vague; theoretical; impersonal; Difficult to understand; abstruse; To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out"
He abstracted out the square root function.; Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else; Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects; General (as opposed to particular); Free from representational qualities; To perform the process of abstraction; An abstraction; an abstract term; Extracted; To withdraw; {a} abstracted, separated, pure; {v} to separate, remove, shorten, take; {n} an abridgement, a summary; To withdraw oneself; to retire; consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically; An abstract is an abstract work of art; Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word; Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile"; Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name; Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult; An abstract term; That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things; Withdraw; separate; A summary, an abridgement Before the use of photo static copying, public records were kept by abstracts of recorded documents; Abstract art makes use of shapes and patterns rather than showing people or things. a modern abstract painting. Â¡Ã™ figurative; 1- A brief non-evaluative summary of a journal article, book, or other information source 2- An index to journal articles that gives brief summary of the article along with the citation; In grammar, an abstract noun refers to a quality or idea rather than to a physical object. abstract words such as glory, honor, and courage. Â¡Ã™ concrete; Abstract art makes use of shapes and patterns rather than showing people or things. a modern abstract painting. figurative; {f} remove, take away; steal; theorize, conceptualize; summarize, simplify; {i} summary, synopsis; essence; something that is not concrete, something that is abstract; An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events. abstract principles such as justice It's not a question of some abstract concept. = theoretical + abstractly ab·stract·ly It is hard to think abstractly in these conditions; {s} intangible, unconnected to concrete reality; theoretical, not practical; unconnected to a specific instance or example; difficult to understand; Absent in mind; Abstracted; absent in mind; An abstract work of art; make off with belongings of others; A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things; To draw off (interest or attention); To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till; A summary of an article, book or other document; a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory; (1) A brief summary of the points in an article; (2) A source which compiles by subject, author, or title, articles in a selected group of periodicals and includes a summary of each article; A brief summary of an article or book Reading the abstract can help you decide if you want to locate and read the whole article or book; dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"; To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize; A summary of the public records relating to the title to a particular piece of land If there are any title defects they must be cleared before a buyer can purchase clear, marketable, and insurable title; That which is abstract; To epitomize; to abridge; To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute; (1) An index that not only provides citations, but also gives a brief summary of each item indexed (2) A short summary of an article in a scholarly journal, usually appearing towards the beginning of the article (3) A summary of a paper presented at a conference The full text of the paper is not always published; To create artistic abstractions of; A short summary of a document that can either appear at the beginning of the document or in an index Indexes that include abstracts are often themselves called abstracts (i e , Historical Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts); To withdraw; to separate; to take away; A summary of the public records relating to the title to a particular piece of land An attorney or title insurance company reviews an abstract of title to determine whether there are any title defects, which must be cleared before a buyer, can purchase clear, marketable and insurable title; When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events. Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract; To separate; to remove; to take away; To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects; a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"; consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"; Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief; based on specialized theory; "a theoretical analysis"; a written summary of the important points of a scientific article; the summary of a book, article, or other item Abstracts may appear in periodical indexes or bibliographies They are usually non critical and attempt to help the user make a decision about the importance of the item; In grammar, an abstract noun refers to a quality or idea rather than to a physical object. abstract words such as glory, honor, and courage. concrete; 1) A source which lists citations to items by subject and gives a brief summary of the item 2) A brief summary of a printed work, e g a periodical article