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Definition of abstrakte idee in German English dictionary
- abstraction
- An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions
- A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. - Nicholson
- The act of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis
Abstraction is no positive act: it is simply the negative of attention.
- The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. - ""
- Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems
- Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer, typically for industrial or agricultural uses
- 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
- The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining
- An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation. Is it worth fighting a big war, in the name of an abstraction like sovereignty?
- A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction
- Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects
- A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation
- The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal
- So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects
- a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples the act of withdrawing or removing something an abstract painting the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person