abstract
41Abstract — Abs|tract* [ ɛpstrɛkt] das u. der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. abstract zu to abstract »einen Auszug machen«; vgl. ↑abstrakt> kurzer Abriss, kurze Inhaltsangabe eines Artikels od. Buches …
42abstract — 1. adjective abstract concepts Syn: theoretical, conceptual, intellectual, metaphysical, philosophical, academic Ant: actual, concrete 2. noun an abstract of her speech Syn: summary, synopsis, pre …
43abstract — [ˈæbstrækt] adj 1) abstract ideas are not related to physical objects or real events 2) abstract art expresses ideas or feelings, rather than showing the exact appearance of people or things abstraction [æbˈstrækʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …
44Abstract — abstrahieren »das Allgemeine aus dem zufälligen Einzelnen begrifflich heraussondern; verallgemeinern«: Das seit dem 16. Jh. bezeugte Fremdwort aus dem Bereich der Philosophie beruht auf lat. abs trahere (abstractum) »abziehen, wegziehen«, einer… …
45abstract — 1. A preparation made by evaporating a fluid extract to a powder and triturating with milk sugar. 2. A condensation or summary of a scientific or literary article or address. [L. ab straho, pp. tractus, to draw away] structured a. summary… …
46abstract — Synonyms and related words: abate, abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviature, abrade, abrege, abridge, abridgment, abstract idea, abstraction, abstruse, academic, altarpiece, and, annex, apocope, appropriate, arcane, armchair, bag, bate, bland,… …
47ABSTRACT — 1) a quality or attribute considered in isolation from the subject in which it inheres; e.g. blueness; 2) a theory considered apart from any concrete application; e.g. abstract truth …
48abstract — ab·stract || æbstrækt n. summary, synopsis; essence; something that is not concrete, something that is abstract v. remove, take away; steal; theorize, conceptualize; summarize, simplify adj. intangible, unconnected to concrete reality;… …
49abstract — A 20th century style of painting in which nonrepresentational lines, colors, shapes, and forms replace accurate visual depiction of objects, landscape, and figures. The subjects often stylized, blurred, repeated or broken down into basic forms …
50abstract — I. v. a. 1. Separate, disunite, disjoin, dissociate, isolate, detach, disengage, take out of context, take out of its proper whole, view partially, view one sidedly, regard without reference to relations, consider in bare thought, think without… …
