1. noun /ˈæbstrækt/
b) Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else.
2. adjective /ˈæbstrækt/
a) Considered apart from any application to a particular object; removed from; apart from; separate; abstracted.
b) Absent in mind.
3. verb /ˈæbstrækt/
He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
b) To withdraw.
He abstracted out the square root function.
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