Abstract

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Abstract can refer to:

  • Abstract art, a non-representational artwork, especially a painting.

Ex. The boy went to see the new abstract art at the art gallery

  • Abstract (law), a brief statement of the most important points of one or more legal documents
  • Abstract (summary), an abbreviated summary of any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline.
  • Abstraction (computer science), a high-level specification as opposed to a low-level implementation, which is "concrete".

Abstract can also be used to describe anything that seems out of the ordinary, non-everyday. Abstract is generally found to be more creative and complex than concrete ideas.


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Abstract (psychology) as in formal operational thought (Piget's theory), the ability to reason abstractly (12yr-adulthood)

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