abstract representation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabstractandrepresentation
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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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representation
noun
uk/ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/
a person or organization that speaks, acts, or is present officially for ...
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(Definition ofabstractandrepresentationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, they are in fact extremely inconvenient for automatic analysis and is thus a poor candidate as anabstractrepresentationof queries.
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That is, the categorical behaviour of phonological objects emerges from the constraint system, rather than by reifying the categories in anabstractrepresentation.
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Thisabstractrepresentationwith a given base point, suffices to encode four possible instantiations of the shape for a given star ting base point.
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An alternative to the proposed,abstractrepresentationof manufacturing function is to capture more specific aspects of function tied directly to geometry.
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Hence, we define inductively anabstractrepresentationof first-order formulas in the theory of real numbers.
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The priming method : imaging unconsious repetition priming reveals anabstractrepresentationof number in parietal lobes.
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For example, it assumes a close interaction between abstract representations of stimuli andabstractrepresentationof responses in the course of response selection.
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Theabstractrepresentationof the cardinal directions captured relationships between the directions instead of a commitment on the actual directions.
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By analyzing the contact between the frontiers, the system constructs a moreabstractrepresentation of the building, made up of functional spaces and the adjacency relationships that they maintain.
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Thus, in particular, the mostabstractrepresentationof gene structure, viz. through legal graphs, carries enough information to allow the detailed tracing of the gene assembly process.
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The graphemic buffer mediates between the two stages, temporarily holding anabstractrepresentation of a word's spelling prior to its conversion into letter shapes or letter names.
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The third direction is to incorporate question classes with other analysis results to form anabstractrepresentationof question information, providing comprehensive constraints over possible answers.
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The key to these inter-item relations can be item-to-item transfer, not categorization, abstraction, generalization or any other switch from concrete toabstractrepresentationof grammatical knowledge.
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For example, if children do not have anabstractrepresentationof the transitive verb frame, they cannot be expected to ' avoid ' production of this frame for performance reasons.
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It allows for the reader to make their ownabstractrepresentationof the situation at hand.
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However, in common is the tendency toward simplification andabstractrepresentation.
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