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abstract adjective

  /əbˈstɹækt/ , /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ , /ˌæbˈstɹækt/
  • Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
  • Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  • (arts, often, capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
 abstracte

abstract noun

  /əbˈstɹækt/ , /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ , /ˌæbˈstɹækt/
  • An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
 resum, extracte
  • An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
 abstracció
  • Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
  • The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
 xifra

abstraction noun

  /æbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/ , /əbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/
  • 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. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  • The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
 abstracció

abstractively

abstractivament

abstractive adjective

  /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv/ , /əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/
  • Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
  • Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
 abstracte
abstract noun
nom abstracte
abstract algebra
àlgebra abstracta
abstract number
nombre abstracte
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