abstract design

collocation in English

meaningsofabstractanddesign

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abstract
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.strækt/us
/ˈæb.strækt/
existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a ...
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design
noun
uk
/dɪˈzaɪn/us
/dɪˈzaɪn/
a drawing or set of drawings showing how a building or product is to be made and how it will work ...
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(Definition ofabstractanddesignfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Using design principles to defineabstractdesignconcepts in terms of functions and relationships between them is novel.
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The par t-level view of the design process is both more understandable to human observers and more convenient for recognizingabstractdesignmetaphors.
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By explicitly designing perceptually relevant dynamics, a broader moreabstractdesignspace is accessible, yet one still benefiting from dynamics.
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This they decided to stylize completely, using anabstractdesignfor the instrument itself.
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The chiselled, unperturbed musical themes of the ballet are heard as distinct events, elements of anabstractdesignthat could very easily be a full-fledged text as indecipherable as hieroglyphs.
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Otherwise, the conditions on the effects of services and the handling of events are the same because they reduce the degree of under specification present in theabstractdesign.
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With a revival of the craft, bothabstractdesignand formalised pictorial motifs have flourished, as has the use of irregularly textured and patterned glass.
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The artists created anabstractdesignfor the windows that, in its modern simplicity, departed from the ornate, early sixteenth-century decoration of the chapel.
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Many producers release the nouveau with colourful orabstractdesignthat changes every year, usually as an evolution from the previous year's design.
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His work is characterized by patient observation of nature and an interest inabstractdesign.
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A small architectural scene, landscape, orabstractdesignwas placed in the center with a monochrome background.
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The reverse features anabstractdesignsymbolising the history of technological achievement.
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One mural on two walls depicts a deer caught in a net; another has anabstractdesignin red and white.
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Some of his installations have attracted controversy because of theirabstractdesign.
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The pine dominates the composition without obscuring the view into the distance, and is successful as both specific representation andabstractdesign.
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Characterised by its attention of stucco detail inabstractdesignand extensive use of parapets.
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The ewer features representational as well asabstractdesign, depicting battle scenes, animals and musicians within medallions.
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It is most often decorated with linear and abstract designs, but a fair number are pictorially decorated.
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In this task, the children were presented with four series of cards containing respectively 6, 8, 10, and 12 abstract designs.
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