abstraction
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Is abstraction a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.countableeuphemisticuncountable
2. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.countableuncountable
3. (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.countableuncountable
4. (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.countableuncountable
5. (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.countableuncountable
6. (computing) Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.Examples: "Files are an abstraction provided by the file system for storing data, so that applications do not have to care how that data is stored."countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary