Pulling out specific differences to make one solution work for multiple problems.

1[countable, uncountable] (formal) a general idea not based on any particular real person, thing, or situation; the quality of being abstract2[uncountable] (formal) the state of thinking deeply about [..]

c. 1400, "a withdrawal from worldly affairs, asceticism," from Old French abstraction (14c.), from Latin abstractionem (nominative abstractio), noun of action from past participle stem of ab [..]

The process of creating art that is not representational or based on external reality or nature. Related: Théo van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters. Kleine Dada Soirée (Small Dada Evening). 1922 Norman Le [..]

A method of determining the value or estimated selling price of land by deducting (abstracting) the value of any site improvements from the overall selling price of the property. Also called Allocatio [..]

The part of precipitation that does not become direct runoff. The draining of water from a stream into another stream having a more rapid corroding action.

The creation of a view or model that suppresses unnecessary details to focus on a specific set of details of interest. [D04796]

Simplifying the complexities of the real world by ignoring (hopefully) unimportant details while doing economic analysis. Abstraction is often criticized because it's, well, it's JUST NOT RE [..]

The separation of the logical properties of data or function from its implementation in a computer program. See: encapsulation, information hiding, software engineering.

1. Broadly, the use of specialized software, such as an application programming interface (API), as a means of shielding software from device dependencies or the complexities of underlying software. Note: For instance, hardware abstraction enables programs to focus on a task, such as communications, instead of on individual differences between comm [..]

The process of forming a general concept by omitting every distinguishing feature from our notions of some collection of particular things; thus, substantively, an abstraction is the concept or idea t [..]

Abstraction in computer programming is a way to reduce complexity and allow efficient design and implementation in complex software systems. It hides the technical complexity of systems behind simpler [..]

 An abstraction is a chemical reaction where an atom or ion is removed from one molecule by a radical.Hydrogen abstraction is different from deprotonization. In abstraction, the hydrogen atom supplies an electron to the bonding where deprotonization, the base supplies both electrons in the bond.Example: Hydrogen abstraction of acetone by chlorine r [..]

The process of picking out (abstracting) common features of objects and procedures. A programmer would use abstraction, for example, to note that two functions perform almost the same task and can be [..]

noun. 1. the development of thoughts or notions deriving from specific events. 2. ideas that cannot be discerned from a physical presence or physically touched. 3. in regards to conditioning, exemplif [..]

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Taking of water from river, reservoir or borehole. Abstractions of surface water and groundwater in England and Wales are subject to an Environment Agency licence. Licence holders include water undertakers, general industry (particularly electricity generating companies) and agricultural concerns.

Removing detail of something to focus on a subset of the features without confusing details.

(n) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance(n) the act of withdrawing or removing something(n) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of insta [..]

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry Abstraction: Removal of an atom or group from a molecule by a radical. Hydrogen atom abstraction is often confused with deprotonation, which is the removal of [..]

Discrimination based on a single property of stimuli, independent of other properties; thus, generalization among all stimuli with that property (e.g., all red stimuli as Opposed to specific red objec [..]

Abstraction is the act of representing essential features without including the background details or explanations. In the computer science and software engineering domain, the abstraction principle i [..]

The isolation of software from some underlying computing resource or computing platform. For example, in application virtualization, the installed application is separated in a logical rather than phy [..]

  Taking away with intent to harm or deceive.

Taking away with intent to harm or deceive.

Abstraction can have several meanings depending on the context. In software, it often means combining a set of small operations or data items and giving them a name. For example, control abstraction t [..]

the process of creating pieces of code such that a programmer does not need to understand how the code works to use it in her program. You do not necessarily need to know how a piece of code, like a p [..]

Abstraction is one of the 6 key concepts of computational thinking and is the process of simplifying complex information to give only the amount required . When we are asked how old we are, we give our answer in years not in years, weeks and days or just in days. When writing shopping lists, we might write fruit & veg understanding that this re [..]

Abstraction is the skill of reducing complexity by hiding irrelevant detail and focussing on the most important element. This is a really useful computational skill as once the irrelevant detail has b [..]

A simplified representation of something that is potentially quite complex. It is often not necessary to know the exact details of how something works, is represented or is implemented, because we can [..]

the act of specifying a general interface hiding implementation details. Classes, abstract classes, and templates are the primary abstraction mechanisms in C++. See also: encapsulation.

1. Generalisation; ignoring or hiding details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances. Examples are abstract data types (the representation details are hidden), abstract syntax (the details of the concrete syntax are ignored), abstract interpretation (details are ignored to analyse specific properties). 2. <computer progr [..]

1. The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. "A wrongful abstraction of wealth from certain members of the community." (J. S. Mill) 2. <psychology> The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thu [..]

in relation to a water body, means the taking of water from that water body.

Simplifying the complexities of the real world by ignoring (hopefully) unimportant details while doing economic analysis. Abstraction is often criticized because it's, well, it's JUST NOT RE [..]

(1) the level of technical detail of some representation of software; (2) a cohesive model of data or an algorithmic procedure

A view of an object that focuses on the information relevant to a particular purpose and ignores the remainder of the information [IEEE Std 610.12-1990]

lang=en 1800s=1851 * '''1851''' — . ''''. *: But most humble though he was, and far from furnishing an example of the high, humane abstraction; the Pequod's carpenter was no duplicate; hence, he no [..]

In visual art, the use of color, shape, and line as elements in and of themselves. The term also refers to artwork that reduces natural appearances to simplified or nonrepresentational forms. Abstract [..]

An abstraction is something that you can't directly experience using your five senses. Love. War. Culture. If you know it exists, but you can't see it, smell it, taste it, touch it, or hear [..]