abstraction
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- noun
- /æbˈstrækʃən/
- In philosophy, an abstraction allows us to understand complex ideas without being hindered by specific examples.
- level of abstraction
- high-level abstraction
- degree of abstraction
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Watch on YouTubeIt's a mathematical abstraction of the brain.
- It's a mathematical abstraction of the brain.
- There's a difference between an abstraction and actually what happens, right?
- And so the the level of abstraction is complete.
- I know that's a that's an abstraction, that's a concept.
- People won't fight for abstractions or abstract ideals.
- So what kind of abstractions are effective for the game of poker?
- You have to not confuse the levels of abstraction here, right?
- So you're modelling the world through these abstractions in the course of building a model.
- For the first time, the ethics of AI isn't an abstraction or philosophical exercise.
- The ultimate villain in this bleak tale is almost always an abstraction called the media.
- So the the the the step from the old code to the abstraction is the big step.
- And we lose sight of the fact that these are abstractions in some sense.
- Weather is, he says, an abstraction blooded as a man by thought.
Examples
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In fact, none of these cultures actually exist, except as an abstraction or generalization.
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So the basic memory abstraction is as follows.
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And so the the level of abstraction is complete.
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And the circle was our experience, which is our first abstraction from reality.
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It's a mathematical abstraction of the brain.
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Every inquiry proceeds from some kind of prior selection and abstraction from the whole.
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The methodology uses the concept of power points and the abstraction of electrical data across the design hierarchy.
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We argue that named data is a better abstraction for today's communication problems than named hosts.
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So you're modelling the world through these abstractions in the course of building a model.
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A new container abstraction lets administrators manage and revoke resources for processes they cannot observe.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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4.5
An idea you get after seeing many examples, like freedom
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A general idea not tied to a specific example
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Forming a clear idea of something in your mind
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Seeing the same pattern in many examples helps form a general rule
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A way of thinking about ideas instead of real things
Antonyms
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A clear, simple example that helps you see an idea that is hard to imagine
Compounds
- Specialized
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An art style where some things look like real life but not completely
How Abstract
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abstraction comes from the parts ab- 'away' and tract (as in tractor) 'to pull'. Think of pulling away small, real details to keep the main idea, so abstraction means forming a general concept by leaving out specifics.