抽象 — meaning in English
chōu xiàng
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English meaning
- abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
- abstraction noun The process of considering an idea or quality separately from any specific object.
Senses
抽象 is used for these senses in English:
- abstract Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- abstraction 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.]
abstract — full definition
- noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
- adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
- adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colours, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
- verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.
abstraction — full definition
- noun The process of considering an idea or quality separately from any specific object.
- noun A general idea or concept, as opposed to something concrete.
- noun In computing, the hiding of implementation detail behind a simpler interface.