(euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. / (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.

Pertaining to abstraction.

plural of abstraction

The property of being abstractive.

One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. / Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work. / An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions.

(rare) comparative form of abstract: more abstract

Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. / (now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. / (now rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.

Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. / Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.

simple past tense and past participle of abstract

The quality of being abstract.