concept of abstraction
41abstraction — 1. Distillation or separation of the volatile constituents of a substance. 2. Exclusive mental concentration. 3. The making of an abstract from the crude drug. 4. Malocclusion in which the teeth or associated structures are lower than their …
42abstraction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. preoccupation; abridgment. See inattention, shortness, thought. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being absorbed] Syn. deliberation, absorption, preoccupation, speculation, absent mindedness, musing …
43abstraction — n 1. generality, concept, conception, idea, notion, presumption, supposition, hypothesis, theory; quixoticism, visionary notion, impractical notion, vague representation, daydream, pipe dream. 2. disconnection, isolation, disjunction, partial… …
44concept — n idea, notion, conception, conceptualization, abstraction; opinion, belief, view, conviction, presumption, persuasion, apprehension, judgment, surmise; postulate, hypothesis, theory, conjecture; inference, conclusion, consideration …
45concept — noun Syn: idea, notion, conception, abstraction, theory, hypothesis …
46Leaky abstraction — A leaky abstraction is a notion applied to implementations of an abstraction. This notion, attributed to software commentator Joel Spolsky, indicates that specific implementation details manifest themselves in some obstructive or counter… …
47OPPOSITION (CONCEPT D’) — Le concept d’opposition, sous ses deux formes fondamentales de la contradiction et de la contrariété, est l’un des acquis les plus anciens de la logique formelle, telle que le modèle en a été formulé par Aristote, à partir de l’analyse des… …
48Message Abstraction Layer — The Spacecraft Monitoring Control (SM C) Working Group of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), which sees the active participation of 10 space agencies and of the Space Domain Task Force of the Object Management Group (OMG) …
49Principle of abstraction — level of abstraction redirects here. For the concept in computer science, see Abstraction layer. The principle of abstraction is a grouping principle, whereby a hierarchy is adhered to with higher levels of abstraction placed near the top with… …
50RÉALITÉ (CONCEPT DE) — Dans le livre VII de la République , Platon emprunte aux Orphiques sa fameuse allégorie de la caverne, qui représente pour lui l’image de l’illusion possible des hommes sur la réalité . Des prisonniers sont enchaînés en un lieu où, du monde, ils… …
