abstract notion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabstractandnotion
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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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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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(Definition ofabstractandnotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Our proof systematizes the above ideas by introducing anabstractnotionof walls and holes.
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We want to define anabstractnotionof tree with pointers, described as a set of branches, or positions.
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The third component provides anabstractnotionof fixed point operator.
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How can theabstractnotionor idea of authority remain sacred when all around its embodiments are being discredited?
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But it does not mean that thisabstractnotionmust have its counterpart in reality.
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By contrast, argument 2 is of a different kind: it presents a fairlyabstractnotion, one of enhancing a figure.
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The operational semantics is based around anabstractnotionof stack and heap.
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They suggest that children map word order onto a veryabstractnotionof prominent participant in an event.
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That said, the book failed to take full advantage of the opportunity for a more in-depth consideration of theabstractnotionof sanctification.
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It is this dynamic, rather than some unspecified activity of anabstractnotionof markedness, that accounts for the oft-invoked distributional data.
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A 'pragmatic source' is anabstractnotion, whereas a 'speaker' is a concrete one.
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The concept of non-discrimination is based on anabstractnotionof equal citizens.
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Our model comprises only theabstractnotion, not such a concrete view of implementation.
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Secondly, the metaphor develops anabstractnotionof user interaction, and is compatible with the need for their systematic replay.
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One therefore seeks a moreabstractnotionof behaviour that minimises irrelevant implementation detail.
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Rather, it is a highly moral withdrawal, designed to restore sociality through invoking intimate relations absent in the moreabstractnotionof society.
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Tungodden is not alone in trying to derive a substantive principle of equality in distribution from some moreabstractnotionof equality.
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Theabstractnotionof positivity for a generic u introduced below fits nicely with our analysis and will be useful later to suppress undesirable phase factors.
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What is germaine, however, is the much moreabstractnotionof large amounts of money being circulated and exchanged in a local economy where so many people had nothing.
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Summarising, ourabstractnotionof graph only assumes the existence of a set of nodes and a set of edges, and of an incidence relation between them.
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