"abstract method" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: abstract methods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} abstract method (plural abstract methods)
  1. (object-oriented programming) A method of an abstract class that has no implementation in that class and must therefore be implemented by all subtyping classes. Wikipedia link: abstract method Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming Translations (software - a method of an abstract class that has to be implemented by all subtyping classes): méthode abstraite [feminine] (French), abstrakte Methode [feminine] (German), αφηρημένη μέθοδος (afiriméni méthodos) [feminine] (Greek), soyut metot (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-abstract_method-en-noun-mBb07QU0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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