Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
abstract (adjective)1.
a) from any specific instance - disassociated an abstract entity
b) difficult to understand - abstruse abstract problems
c) insufficiently factual - formal possessed only an abstract right
2.
expressing a quality apart from an object - the word poem is concrete, poetry is abstract
3.
a) dealing with a subject in its abstract aspects - theoretical abstract science
b) - impersonal detached the abstract compassion of a surgeon Time
4.
having only form with little or no attempt at pictorial representation or narrative content - intrinsic abstract painting
1.
a of points (as of a writing) usually presented in form - summary skeletal , also something that summarizes or the of a larger thing or several things - concentrates essentials
2.
an abstract thing or state - (see abstract)
3.
- abstraction
transitive verb
1.
- remove separate
2.
to consider apart from application to or association with a particular instance
3.
to make a or abstract of - summary summarize
4.
to draw away the attention of
5.
intransitive verb
- steal purloin to make an - abstraction
