உர்
May 30, 2026•148 words
உர்
abstraction
etymology: abstraction
The Hierarchy of Abstraction (Hardware → Software)
difer: abstraction, transformation
abstraction
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n. a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
etymology: abstraction
| Component | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| ab- | "off, away from" | Latin preposition; from PIE root *apo- "off, away" [[1]] |
| trahere | "to draw, pull, drag" | From PIE root *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" [[1]] |
The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
From Middle English abstract, borrowed from Latin abstractus, perfect passive participle of abstrahō (“draw away”), formed from abs- (“away”) + trahō (“to pull, draw”). The verbal sense is first attested in 1542.
Thus, the literal sense is "to draw away" or "to pull apart."
object abstraction
relate: object abstraction, logical reduction, semiotics
relate: cartography, object abstraction
abstraction: seed