abstract : Idioms & Phrases
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Abstract ∨ Pure mathematics
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Mathematics .
Webster 1913
abstract art
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noun an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
abstractionism.
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abstract artist
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noun a painter of abstract pictures
abstractionist.
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abstract entity
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noun a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
abstraction.
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abstract expressionism
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noun a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles
action painting.
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Abstract numbers
(Math.) , numbers used without application to things, as 6, 8, 10; but when applied to any thing, as 6 feet, 10 men, they become concrete.
Webster 1913
Abstract of title
(Law) , an epitome of the evidences of ownership.
Webster 1913
Abstract terms
- those which express abstract ideas, as beauty, whiteness, roundness, without regarding any object in which they exist; or abstract terms are the names of orders, genera or species of things, in which there is a combination of similar qualities.
Webster 1913
abstract thought
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noun thinking that is coherent and logical
logical thinking; reasoning.
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An abstract idea
(Metaph.) , an idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its color or figure.
