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Meaning of abstraction

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  abstraction
      n 1: a concept or idea not associated with any specific
           instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in
           person" [syn: {abstraction}, {abstract}]
      2: the act of withdrawing or removing something
      3: the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting
         common properties of instances [syn: {abstraction},
         {generalization}, {generalisation}]
      4: an abstract painting
      5: preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
         [syn: {abstractedness}, {abstraction}]
      6: a general concept formed by extracting common features from
         specific examples [syn: {abstraction}, {abstract entity}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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