abstraction /æb'strækʃәn/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- (n.) the act of withdrawing or removing something
- (n.) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
Chinese translation
- n. 抽象化, 心不在焉, 空想, 提炼, 抽象派作品
- [化] 提取; 抽取; 夺取; 夺取反应; 除去
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /æb'strækʃәn/
- Syllables
- 3
- Exam levels
- TOEFL
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.3 · Super Rare
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