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Meanings of abstract entity in English

Portuguese
abstração
Catalan
abstracció
Spanish
abstracción

A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples.

        abstração
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        Examples for "abstraction"
        Examples for "abstraction"
        1
        This is a human-made abstraction to help us better understand natural phenomenon.
        Wired
        2
        Results: We identified six papers for abstraction, reporting results from four studies.
        Pubmed
        3
        Incase scanned his work, then foil-stamped the flowing abstraction onto the case.
        Wired
        4
        Crone's work exists, without any apparent conflict, somewhere between abstraction and representation.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Methods: Cross-sectional survey with medical chart abstraction of 250 Latinos with diabetes.
        Pubmed
        Usage of abstract entity in English
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        But I do ask what, between the lot of them, has become of the abstract entity called education.
        What's Wrong with the World
        2
        The error is to teach them in isolation, as abstract entities.
        The Guardian
        3
        They may be physical constructs, like the transport system or power grid, or more abstract entities, such as family trees or the worldwide web.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for abstract entity