| abstraction | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. abstract, abstraction | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| ~ right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| ~ concept, conception, construct | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. |
| ~ absolute | something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative.; "no mortal being can influence the absolute" |
| ~ teacher | a personified abstraction that teaches.; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher" |
| ~ thing | a special abstraction.; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart" |
| n. (act) | 2. abstraction | the act of withdrawing or removing something. |
| ~ remotion, removal | the act of removing.; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. abstraction, generalisation, generalization | the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances. |
| ~ theorisation, theorization | the production or use of theories. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. abstraction | an abstract painting. |
| ~ painting, picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface.; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. abstractedness, abstraction | preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else. |
| ~ preoccupancy, engrossment, preoccupation, absorption | the mental state of being preoccupied by something. |
| ~ revery, reverie | an abstracted state of absorption. |
| n. (tops) | 6. abstract entity, abstraction | a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples. |
| ~ entity | that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving). |
| ~ psychological feature | a feature of the mental life of a living organism. |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| ~ group, grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. |
| ~ relation | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together. |
| ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| ~ otherworld | an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality. |
| ~ set | (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols.; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" |
| concept | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. concept, conception, construct | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization | an elaborated concept. |
| ~ notion | a general inclusive concept. |
| ~ category | a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme. |
| ~ rule, regulation | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" |
| ~ attribute, dimension, property | a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.; "self-confidence is not an endearing property" |
| ~ abstract, abstraction | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| ~ quantity | the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable. |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| ~ whole | all of something including all its component elements or parts.; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature" |
| ~ natural law, law | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. |
| ~ law of nature, law | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature.; "the laws of thermodynamics" |
| ~ lexicalized concept | a concept that is expressed by a word (in some particular language). |
| ~ hypothesis, theory, possibility | a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena.; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" |
| ~ fact | a concept whose truth can be proved.; "scientific hypotheses are not facts" |
| ~ linguistic rule, rule | (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice. |
| minute | | |
| n. (time) | 1. min, minute | a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.; "he ran a 4 minute mile" |
| ~ time unit, unit of time | a unit for measuring time periods. |
| ~ 60 minutes, hour, hr | a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.; "the job will take more than an hour" |
| ~ s, sec, second | 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. |
| n. (time) | 2. bit, minute, mo, moment, second | an indefinitely short time.; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" |
| ~ time | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).; "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" |
| ~ blink of an eye, instant, jiffy, new york minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, heartbeat, flash | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).; "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" |
| n. (time) | 3. instant, minute, moment, second | a particular point in time.; "the moment he arrived the party began" |
| ~ climax, culmination | the decisive moment in a novel or play.; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" |
| ~ point in time, point | an instant of time.; "at that point I had to leave" |
| ~ eleventh hour, last minute | the latest possible moment.; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules" |
| ~ moment of truth | a crucial moment on which much depends. |
| ~ moment of truth | the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull. |
| ~ pinpoint | a very brief moment.; "they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together" |
| ~ time | a suitable moment.; "it is time to go" |
| ~ psychological moment | the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. arcminute, minute, minute of arc | a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree. |
| ~ angular unit | a unit of measurement for angles. |
| ~ arcdegree, degree | a measure for arcs and angles.; "there are 360 degrees in a circle" |
| ~ arcsecond, second | a 60th part of a minute of arc.; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here" |
| n. (communication) | 5. minute | a short note.; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting" |
| ~ note | a brief written record.; "he made a note of the appointment" |
| n. (attribute) | 6. hour, minute | distance measured by the time taken to cover it.; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" |
| ~ distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points. |
| adj. | 7. infinitesimal, minute | infinitely or immeasurably small.; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale" |
| ~ little, small | limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" |
| adj. | 8. minute, narrow | characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination.; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report" |
| ~ careful | exercising caution or showing care or attention.; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior" |
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