Definition of abstract

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Abstract (a.) To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects..

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Literalism :: Literalism (n.) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization..
Abstracting :: Abstracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstrac.
Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6..
Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement..
Notional :: Notional (a.) Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions..
Abstractedly :: Abstractedly (adv.) In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
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..
Headnote :: Headnote (n.) A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court..
Remote :: Remote (superl.) Separate; abstracted.
Absence :: Absence (n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind..
Anhydride :: Anhydride (n.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Abstracted; absent in mind.
Abstractive :: Abstractive (a.) Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.
Congelation :: Congelation (n.) The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing..
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..
Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.
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..
Abstractitious :: Abstractitious (a.) Obtained from plants by distillation.
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