abstraction
part of speech
noun (plural abstractions)
meaning for a pupil
1) An abstraction is an idea or quality that is not a real object you can touch, such as love, freedom or number. tree →
2) Abstraction can mean being lost in thought, so you do not notice what is around you. tree →
sense in the lessons
in algebra a letter such as x stands for a number, or a piece in a game such as chess is a general idea of a move; in stories a clever person may seem lost in thought
examples
- It means that its easiest continuations, its safest abstractions, its default moral vocabulary, and its sense of what counts as a normal explanation are pulled toward that cultural regime. (note 03) tree →
- The note does not say the model "believes American things"; it says its easiest continuations, safest abstractions and sense of a "normal" explanation are pulled toward that culture — like a pupil who has read a thousand school essays and writes every new one in the same shape without noticing. (lesson 005) tree →
- Love is an abstraction; you cannot touch it. tree →
- In algebra, x is an abstraction for an unknown number. tree →
- His abstraction made him forget the time. tree →
- The pieces in chess are like abstractions for soldiers. tree →
note
a letter standing for an unknown number does not change the count itself, but the problem must still give or find its value before any sum is worked out
Trees and pragmatics
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