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Meaning
Noun
●
The
act
of
abstracting
,
separating
,
withdrawing
, or
taking away
;
withdrawal
; the
state of being
taken
away
.
The
taking
surreptitiously
for
one's
own use part of the
property
of another; purloining.
●
In Engineering:
The
act
of
abstracting
,
separating
,
withdrawing
, or
taking away
;
withdrawal
; the
state of being
taken
away
.
Removal of water from a
river
,
lake
, or aquifer.
●
The
act
of
abstracting
,
separating
,
withdrawing
, or
taking away
;
withdrawal
; the
state of being
taken
away
.
●
A
separation
from
worldly
objects
; a
recluse
life; the
withdrawal
from
one's
senses.
●
The
act
of
focusing
on one
characteristic
of an
object
rather than
the
object
as a whole
group of
characteristic
s; the
act
of
separating
said
qualities
from the
object
or ideas.
●
Any
characteristic
of an individual
object
when that
characteristic
has been
separated
from the
object
and is
contemplated
alone as a quality having
independent
existence.
●
A
member
of an
idealized
subgroup
when
contemplated
according to
the
abstracted
quality which
defines
the
subgroup
.
●
The
act
of
comparing
commonality
between
distinct
objects
and
organizing
using those
similarities
; the
act
of
generalizing
characteristics
; the product of said generalization.
●
An
idea
or
notion
of an
abstract
or
theoretical
nature.
●
Absence or
absorption
of
mind
;
inattention
to present
objects
; preoccupation.
●
In Art:
An
abstract
creation
, or
piece of art
;
qualities
of
artwork
that are
free
from
representational
aspects.
●
In Chemistry:
A
separation
of
volatile
parts
by the
act
of distillation.
●
An
idea
of an
idealistic
,
unrealistic
or
visionary
nature.
●
The result of
mentally
abstracting
an
idea
; the product of any
mental
process
involving
a
synthesis
of:
separation
,
despecification
,
generalization
, and
ideation
in any of
a number of
combinations.
●
In Geology:
The
merging
of two
river
valleys
by the
larger
of the two
deepening
and
widening
so much so
,
as to
assimilate
the smaller.
●
In Computing:
Hiding
implementation
details
from the
interface
of a
component
, to
decrease
complexity
through
interdependency
and improve
modularity
; a
construct
that
serves
as such.
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