"abstraction" meaning in English

See abstraction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/ [US], /əbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/ [US] Audio: en-us-abstraction.ogg Forms: abstractions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English abstraccyone; either from Middle French abstraction or from Medieval Latin abstrāctiō (“separation”), from Latin abstrahō (“draw away”). Equivalent to abstract + -ion. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|abstraccyone}} Middle English abstraccyone, {{der|en|frm|abstraction}} Middle French abstraction, {{der|en|ML.|abstrāctiō|t=separation}} Medieval Latin abstrāctiō (“separation”), {{der|en|la|abstrahō|t=draw away}} Latin abstrahō (“draw away”), {{af|en|abstract|-ion}} abstract + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abstraction (countable and uncountable, plural abstractions)
  1. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
    (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
    Tags: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Translations (purloining): ontvreemding (Dutch), toeëigening (Dutch), stjele (Norwegian Bokmål), naske (Norwegian Bokmål), tæsje (Norwegian Bokmål), rane (Norwegian Bokmål), røve (Norwegian Bokmål)
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  2. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
    (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering
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4 8 4 4 4 1 2 10 3 1 3 8 6 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  4. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-3ZzqKjXx Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  5. The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-en:act_of_conceptual_analysis Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 15 15 1 12 3 3 3 1 1 8 2 0 3 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 14 14 2 10 4 3 4 1 1 9 2 1 4 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 15 15 15 2 11 4 3 4 1 2 11 2 1 3 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 14 14 2 10 4 3 4 1 2 11 2 1 3 8 6
  6. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-xXWY72dR
  7. A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun--4Ws6h~v
  8. The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (the act of generalization): universalization
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-A~aSaJzq Disambiguation of 'the act of generalization': 13 13 13 1 12 1 1 20 1 1 1 10 1 11 1 2
  9. An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-WpwdbC2o Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  10. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-WkxEqGtO
  11. (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Art
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  12. (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-GbB~jUzB Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  13. An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (idea of a visionary nature): vage voorstelling (Dutch), visionair begrip [neuter] (Dutch), abstraktaĵo (Esperanto), abstraksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-Eqk50r7x Disambiguation of 'idea of a visionary nature': 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 22 3 1 2 32 21 1 4
  14. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-3gBI1wIi
  15. (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-bpSrFCVe Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 15 15 1 12 3 3 3 1 1 8 2 0 3 11 6 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  16. (computing) Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-abstraction-en-noun-Eo~hm0ng Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: generalization Derived forms: abstractional, abstractionism, abstractionist, abstractionistic, abstractive, eccentric abstraction, lambda abstraction, leaky abstraction, semiabstraction Related terms: abstract Translations (act of abstracting): ረቂቅነት (räḳiḳnät) (Amharic), աբստրահում (abstrahum) (Armenian), astraición [feminine] (Asturian), astracción [feminine] (Asturian), абстра́кция (abstrákcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), abstracció [feminine] (Catalan), abstraktion [common-gender] (Danish), abstractie [feminine] (Dutch), abstraktsioon (Estonian), üldistus (Estonian), hajameelsus (Estonian), abstrahointi (Finnish), abstraction [feminine] (French), abstracción [feminine] (Galician), აბსტრაგირება (absṭragireba) (Georgian), Abstraktion [feminine] (German), αφαίρεση (afaíresi) [feminine] (Greek), הפשטה (hafshat'a) [feminine] (Hebrew), अमूर्तन (amūrtan) (Hindi), भावानयन (bhāvānyan) (Hindi), निष्कर्षण (niṣkarṣaṇ) (Hindi), अमूर्तीकरण (amūrtīkraṇ) (Hindi), सारग्रहण (sāragrahaṇ) (Hindi), संक्षिप्तीकरण (saṅkṣiptīkraṇ) (Hindi), अपाहरण (apāhraṇ) (Hindi), absztrakció (Hungarian), elvonatkoztatás (Hungarian), abstraction (Interlingua), teibiú [masculine] (Irish), astrazione [feminine] (Italian), абстракция (abstraksiä) (Kazakh), abstrakcija [feminine] (Latvian), abstraksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), abstrahering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), abstraksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), abstraccion [feminine] (Occitan), انتزاعیدن (Persian), abstrakcja [feminine] (Polish), abstração [feminine] (Portuguese), abstracție [feminine] (Romanian), абстра́кция (abstrákcija) [feminine] (Russian), abstracción [feminine] (Spanish), kabasalan (Tagalog), soyutlama (Turkish), abstraksiyon (Turkish), dezugam (Volapük), dezugot (Volapük), אַבסטראַקציע (abstraktsye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'act of abstracting': 22 22 22 1 6 2 2 5 1 1 6 3 0 3 3 2

Inflected forms

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