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An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
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Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
- The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term.
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A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
syn. conception · notion · abstraction