Definition of Abstracting. Meaning of Abstracting. Synonyms of Abstracting

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Abstracting. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Abstracting and, of course, Abstracting synonyms and on the right images related to the word Abstracting.

Definition of Abstracting

Abstracting
Abstract Ab*stract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abstracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Abstracting.] [See Abstract, a.] 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects. The young stranger had been abstracted and silent. --Blackw. Mag. 3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. --Whately. 4. To epitomize; to abridge. --Franklin. 5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till. Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness. --W. Black. 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.

Meaning of Abstracting from wikipedia

- an abstract? Witty, Francis J. (October 1973). "The Beginnings of Indexing and Abstracting: Some Notes towards a History of Indexing and Abstracting in...
- Look up Abstract or abstract in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abstract may refer to: "Abstract", a 2017 episode of the animated television series Adventure...
- equations to the theory of algebraic structures.[citation needed] By abstracting away various amounts of detail, mathematicians have defined various algebraic...
- Abstract expressionism in the United States emerged as a distinct art movement in the immediate aftermath of World War II and gained mainstream acceptance...
- An abstracting service is a service that provides abstracts of publications, often on a subject or group of related subjects, usually on a subscription...
- those aspects which are relevant for a particular purpose. For example, abstracting a leather soccer ball to the more general idea of a ball selects only...
- Abstracting electricity is a statutory offence of dishonestly using, wasting, or diverting electricity, covered by different legislation in England and...
- A property abstract is a summary of the legal do****ents that chronicle transactions ****ociated with a particular parcel of land. Generally included are...
- computer science, the abstract syntax of data is its structure described as a data type (possibly, but not necessarily, an abstract data type), independent...
- philosophy and the arts, a fundamental distinction is between things that are abstract and things that are concrete. While there is no general consensus as to...