Definition of abstract

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Abstract (a.) 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..

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Concrete :: Concrete (a.) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3..
Abstractly :: Abstractly (adv.) In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered..
Abstracting :: Abstracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstrac.
Staringly :: Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction..
Concrete :: Concrete (a.) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract..
Doctrinaire :: Doctrinaire (n.) One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions..
Yoga :: Yoga (n.) A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties..
Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.
Precis :: Precis (n.) A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary.
Brief :: Brief (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used..
Summation :: Summary (a.) A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account..
Inabstracted :: Inabstracted (a.) Not abstracted.
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..
Absence :: Absence (n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction..
Denominate :: Denominate (a.) Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound..
Abstracter :: Abstracter (n.) One who abstracts, or makes an abstract..
Abstractitious :: Abstractitious (a.) Obtained from plants by distillation.
Jalap :: "Jalap (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa..
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