Found 4 items, similar to Abstracting.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: abstract abstrak
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: abstract abstrak, intisari, mengintisarikan, meringkaskan, mujarab, niskala, tak berwujud
English → English (WordNet) Definition: abstract abstract n 1: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; “he loved her only in the abstract--not in person” [syn: abstraction] 2: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory [syn: outline, synopsis, precis] abstract adj 1: existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" [ant: concrete] 2: not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; “a large abstract painting” [syn: abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective] 3: based on specialized theory; “a theoretical analysis” [syn: theoretical] 4: dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; “abstract reasoning”; “abstract science” abstract v 1: consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically 2: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift] 3: consider apart from a particular case or instance; “Let's abstract away from this particular example” 4: give an abstract (of)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Abstracting Abstract \Ab*stract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abstracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Abstracting.] [See Abstract, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. [1913 Webster] He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects. [1913 Webster] The young stranger had been abstracted and silent. --Blackw. Mag. [1913 Webster] 3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. --Whately. [1913 Webster] 4. To epitomize; to abridge. --Franklin. [1913 Webster] 5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till. [1913 Webster] Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness. --W. Black. [1913 Webster] 6. (Chem.) To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used. [1913 Webster]