To epitomize; to abridge.

That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.

A summary of ownership and interest information relating to a parcel of unpatented land.

A summary of what a court or government agency does.

Alters the view of the world we see and retains only the essence of a thing or an idea.

Expressing something intangible; non-representational.

art that looks as if it contains little or no recognizable or realistic forms from the physical world. Focus is on formal elements such as colors, lines, or shapes. Artists often "abstract" objects by changing, simplifying, or exaggerating what they see.

A way of presenting something that differs from its realistic form, sometimes to express a feeling or idea.

Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.

Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word.

A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.

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a one paragraph description that provides all the information about your project

a paragraph or two that highlights the main points of the report, including the conclusion and recommendation

a short description of a file, that is shown by FindinSite-CD in the results by default to help your user choose a suitable page to view

a short description of what this distribution does

A record of the past owners of a property.An abstract shows information about mortgages and other factors that affect ownership, including transfers of ownership.If you are interested in foreclosure homes, you should always get an abstract for the foreclosed houses you're considering. This is because abstracts can often reveal red flags -- such as frequent changes of ownership -- suggesting that there's something wrong with the property.

a record of the judgment that is then filed with the County Registrar of Deeds in any county where the defendant may have property

A history of the ownership of a property, showing transfers in ownership and factors affecting ownership, such as mortgages.

A document showing the history of a property, as shown in the county's public records. This generally includes each change of ownership, as well as mortgages and liens.

Class or method modifier that indicates that some or all behavior must be implemented in a subclass.

refers to an abstract class containing at least one abstract method. If more than one method labeled abstract is present, the class must be itself labeled abstract. An abstract class is most often used to create other classes: abstract class Instrument { public abstract void play( Note n ); public String what() { return "Instrument"; } } class Wind extends Instrument { public void play( Note n ) { System.out.println("Wind.play() " + n); } public String what() { return "Wind";

A Java keyword used in a class definition to specify that a class is not to be instantiated, but rather inherited by other classes. An abstract class can have abstract methods that are not implemented in the abstract class, but in subclasses.

The term abstract refers (in Java) , generally, to something that can not be physically realized. You can preface a method declaration with the keyword abstract. This allows you to provide a method declaration without a definition (similar to how you declare any method within an interface). Doing so cuases the class itself to become an abstract class. This means that you can no longer create an instance of that class - it is no longer physically realizable. Any descendents of that abstract class, however, must either provide a definition for any abstract classes or, in turn, be abstract classes themselves (the second technique is seldomly used). Using abstract methods/classes can be very useful within an inheritance heirarchy.

Withdraw; separate.

Abstracted; absent in mind.

To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute.

existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"

To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects.

not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"

Category of non-objective images in modified form by distortion or simplification. Abstraction is the category of such modified images. (See also .)

Types of drawings or images which try to represent the real or imagined qualities of objects or people by using shapes, lines and colour, and does not try to show their outer appearance as it would be seen in a photograph.

a condensed version of the first draft of the paper

adj. Having greatly simplified concepts and actions, rather than strict attention to detail, in order to facilitate game play. Often used as opposite of thematic.

A condensed history of the chain of title to land based on courthouse records.

(vb.) to simplify or condense; (adj.) removed from the details of any individual case; a style of art in which there is little attempt to represent objects as they appear in nature; the reduction of appearances to basic forms (ATA fig. 1-13)

Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name.

To remove movement from a particular or representative context and, by manipulating it through the elements of space, time, and energy, create a new sequence or dance that retains the essence of the original.

To remove involvement from a particular or representative context and (by manipulating it with elements of space, time, and force) create a new sequence or dance that details the essence of the original.

One of two basic types of mental information. Abstract data consists of ideas, theories, and facts. It looks for general principles. Teacher and Perceiver modes work with abstract data.

based on specialized theory; "a theoretical analysis"

The process (used in building a theory) of focusing on a limited number of variables to explain or predict an event.

a clear outline of the central elements of your research paper

a paper containing the name

a proposal for a paper you want to write

In painting and sculpture, emphasizing a derived, essential character that has only a stylized or symbolic visual reference to objects in nature.

Painting and sculpture emphasizing a derived essential character having little visual reference to objects in nature

An image that reduces a subject to its essential visual elements, such as lines, shapes, and colours.