Abstract vs Sound - What's the difference?
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An abridgement or summary.
* — An abstract of every treatise he had read.
Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of larger item, or multiple items.
* — Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled.
# Concentrated essence of a product.
# (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
An abstraction; an term; that which is abstract.
* — The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety".
The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
(arts) An abstract work of art.
(real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
(obsolete) Derived; extracted.
(now, rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
* 17th century , , The Oxford Dictionary :
Expressing a property or attribute separately of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object.
Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general, as opposed to specific.
* - A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract' name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "' abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the names of attributes.
Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
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(archaic) Absent-minded.
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(arts) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.
# (arts, often, capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century.
# (music) Absolute.
# (dance) Lacking a story.
Insufficiently factual.
Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
(grammar) As a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
(computing) Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
To separate; to disengage.
* - He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices.
To remove; to take away; withdraw.
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* Sir Walter Scott
(euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
* - Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness.
To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
(obsolete) To extract by means of distillation.
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To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
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(intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
To draw off (interest or attention).
* , Blackwood's Magazine - The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
(rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
* - I own myself able to abstract in one sense.
(fine arts) To create abstractions.
(computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
Healthy.
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Complete, solid, or secure.
* Chapman
(mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
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(British, slang) Good.
(of sleep) Quiet]] and deep.
Heavy; laid on with force.
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
(British, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:The warlike sound / Of trumpets loud and clarions.
A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
(lb) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
Noise without meaning; empty noise.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:Sense and not sound must be the principle.
To produce a sound.
(copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
* Shakespeare
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
* Bible, 1 Thessalonians i. 8
(legal) Often with "in"; to arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.
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To cause to produce a sound.
(phonetics) To pronounce a vowel or a consonant.
(geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
* Camden
The air bladder of a fish.
A cuttlefish.
dive downwards, used of a whale.
To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
* Dryden
* Addison
test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
(medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound, or by auscultation or percussion.
As a noun abstract
is abstract.As a proper noun sound is
the strait that separates zealand (an island of denmark) from scania (part of sweden); also sometimes called by the danish name,.abstract
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) abstractus, perfect passive participle of .Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* (theoretical way of looking at things) Preceded, typically, by the .Synonyms
* (statement summarizing the important points of a text) abridgment, compendium, epitome, synopsisDerived terms
* abstract of titleAdjective
(en-adj)- The more abstract we are from the body ... the more fit we shall be to behold divine light.
- abstract , as in a trance
Synonyms
* (not applied or practical) conceptual, theoretical * (insufficiently factual) formal * (difficult to understand) abstruseAntonyms
* (not applied or practical) applied, practical * (considered apart from concrete existence) concreteDerived terms
* abstractly * abstractness * abstract idea * abstract noun * abstract numbers * abstract termsSee also
* reifyEtymology 2
First attested in 1542. Partly from' English abstract (adjective form), ' and from (etyl) abstrat past participle of .Verb
(en verb)- He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices.
- (Franklin)
- He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
- He abstracted out the square root function.
Usage notes
* (to separate or disengage) Followed by the word from . * (to withdraw oneself) Followed by the word from . * (to summarize) Pronounced predominately as /?æb?strækt/. * All other senses are pronounced as /æb?strækt/.Synonyms
* remove, separate, take away, withdraw * abridge, epitomize, summarize * filch, purloin, stealDerived terms
* abstractable * abstracted * abstracter * abstractorsound
English
Alternative forms
* soune (obsolete), sowne (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) sound, sund, isund, . See (l).Adjective
(er)- He was safe and sound .
- In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
- Fred assured me the floorboards were sound .
- The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound .
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- "How are you?" - "I'm sound ."
- That's a sound track you're playing.
- Her sleep was sound .
- a sound beating
- a sound title to land
Hypernyms
* (in logic) validDerived terms
* safe and sound * sound as a bell * soundlyInterjection
(en interjection)- "I found my jacket." - "Sound ."
Etymology 2
* Noun: from (etyl) sownde, alteration of sowne, from (etyl) sun, soun, (etyl) son, from accusative of (etyl) sonus. * Verb: from (etyl) sownden, sounen, from (etyl) suner, (etyl) soner (modern sonner ), from (etyl) * The euphonic -d appears in the fifteenth century. (wikipedia sound)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoTroponyms
* noise * quiet * silenceSee also
* audibleVerb
(en verb)- When the horn sounds , take cover.
- He sounded good when we last spoke.
- That story sounds like a pack of lies!
- How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues!
- From you sounded out the word of the Lord.
- He sounds the instrument.
- The "e" in "house" isn't sounded .
Synonyms
* (to make noise)echo, reecho, resonate * See alsoDerived terms
* empty vessels make the most sound * infrasound * instantaneous sound pressure * missound * outsound * second sound * soundage * sound-alike * sound alphabet * sound and light/sound-and-light show * sound barrier * sound bite/soundbite * sound bow * sound box * sound camera * sound card * sounded * sound effect * sound energy * sound engineer * sound engineering * sounder * soundex * sound film * sound hole * sounding board * sound law * soundless * sound like * sound man/soundman * sound off * sound out * sound pollution * sound pressure * sound projection * soundproof/sound-proof * sound recording * sound reproduction * soundscape * sound spectrum * sound stage/soundstage * sound structure * sound system * sound track/soundtrack * sound truck * sound wave * speech sound * speed of sound * surround-sound/surround sound * third heart sound * third sound * ultrasound * unsound * voiced soundEtymology 3
From (etyl) sound, sund, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Noun
(en noun)- Puget Sound'''; Owen '''Sound
- The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll.
- Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
- (Ainsworth)
Etymology 4
(etyl) . More atVerb
(en verb)- The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
- When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
- I was in jest, / And by that offer meant to sound your breast.
- I've sounded my Numidians man by man.
- Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
- to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra