What part of speech is abstraction?

Abstraction can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does abstraction mean?

Definitions

Noun

abstraction - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
abstraction - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
abstraction - the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
abstraction - the act of withdrawing or removing something
abstraction - an abstract painting
abstraction - preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

Examples of abstraction

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1. noun Even for those who later abstain, "visual-spatial abilities, abstraction, problem solving , and short-term memory, are the slowest to recover."
2. noun The integration of our global economy has made life better for billions of men, women and children. Over the last 25 years, the number of people living in extreme poverty has been cut from nearly 40 percent of humanity to under 10 percent. That's unprecedented. And it's not an abstraction. It means children have enough to eat; mothers don’t die in childbirth.
3. noun The use of abstraction in computer programming allows us to create and understand the behavior of very complex software.
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noun
Even for those who later abstain, "visual-spatial abilities, abstraction, problem solving , and short-term memory, are the slowest to recover."
The integration of our global economy has made life better for billions of men, women and children. Over the last 25 years, the number of people living in extreme poverty has been cut from nearly 40 percent of humanity to under 10 percent. That's unprecedented. And it's not an abstraction. It means children have enough to eat; mothers don’t die in childbirth.
The use of abstraction in computer programming allows us to create and understand the behavior of very complex software.

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