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Noun:
- Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
- An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, ''to fight for mere '''abstractions'''''.
- A separation from hermit's '''abstraction'''''.
- chemistry A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. - Nicholson
- computing 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.
- computing Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
- engineering Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer, typically for industrial or agricultural uses.
- philosophy The act of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis.
- The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.
- The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. - "[Modern]"
Source: Wiktionary
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