eng: abstraction

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/abstraction

Meaning
means	(noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" abstract, abstraction
means	(noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something abstraction
means	(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances generalization, abstraction, generalisation
means	(noun) an abstract painting abstraction
means	(noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else abstractedness, abstraction
means	(noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples abstraction, abstract entity
means	e/Abstraction (computer science)
means	e/Abstraction (sociology)