The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.
An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems.
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired.
A place to which one retires.
To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
To cease use or production of something.
To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.
To recede; to fall or bend back.
To go to bed.
To withdraw; to take away.
To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout.