Definition of abstract

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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..

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Ab- :: Ab- () A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6)..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers..
Abstractively :: Abstractively (adv.) In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.
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..
Notional :: Notional (a.) Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions..
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..
Staringly :: Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Abstracted; absent in mind.
Universal :: Universal (n.) A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it..
Absent-minded :: Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) An abstract term.
Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, reptile is an abstract or general name..
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..
Syllepsis :: Syllabus (n.) A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract..
Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal.
High :: High (superl.) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
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