Definition of abstract

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Abstract (a.) A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things..

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Synoptic :: Synopsis (n.) A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus..
Eikon :: Eikon (n.) An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art..
Idea :: Idea (n.) A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (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 from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects..
Precisive :: Precisive (a.) Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief..
Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed..
Freeze :: Freeze (v. t.) To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat..
Laving :: Laving (v. i.) Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) 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.
Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
Concept :: Concept (n.) An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions..
Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement..
Prescind :: Prescind (v. t.) To cut off; to abstract.
Absence :: Absence (n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind..
In :: In (prep.) With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear..
Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) An abstract term.
Abstracter :: Abstracter (n.) One who abstracts, or makes an abstract..
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