Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstract

plural of abstraction

An American genre of modern art that used improvised techniques, such as sinuous linearity, to generate highly abstract forms while allowing the artist spontaneity.

(grammar) A noun that denotes an idea, emotion, feeling, quality, generalization, representation or other abstract or intangible concept, as opposed to a concrete item, or a physical object.

Words that represent concepts rather than physical things

plural of abstract verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see abstract, verb.

(mathematics) The branch of mathematics concerned with algebraic structures, such as groups, rings, and fields.

(mathematics, humorous) Details which are straightforward but so tedious that an author or lecturer would rather skip them (especially those of a category theoretical nature).

Art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way.