abstract space

collocation in English

meaningsofabstractandspace

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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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space
noun
uk
/speɪs/us
/speɪs/
an empty area that is available to ...
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(Definition ofabstractandspacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabstract space

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In both the concrete space and theabstractspace, some of these elements are addressed.
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For the most part, the new culture ofabstractspaceremained restricted to a few technical specialists.
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In mathematical terms, one can consider the invariances inherent in image formation as defining manifolds in anabstractspacedefined by sensory and environmental degrees of freedom.
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Certainly, looking at the theory inabstractspace, the assumption of inhibitory links would be an additional postulate that made it less economical and therefore less attractive.
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Abstractspaceis a term used in geography to refer to a hypothetical space characterized by complete homogeneity.
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He felt that theabstractspacethey had created had destroyed social space through alienation, separation, and a privileging of the eye.
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The background is solid gold, which places the figures in anabstractspace.
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Anabstractspaceallows for the variation of the stage position, audience seating and hanging of lights and speakers.
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However, it rejected the notion that all meaning comes from signs existing purely in theabstractspaceof "langue".
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In contrast, the object based approach organizes the shared memory region as anabstractspacefor storing shareable objects of variable sizes.
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The artist examines law as a conceptual andabstractspacein which power, rights, and authority are played out through varying forms of performance and language.
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This means that if we take an element from theabstractspace, concretize it and abstract the concretized version, the result will be equal to the original.
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The space metaphor, however, extends to abstract spaces as well.
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In addition, where direct reference to the geography of the area mapped is not required it may be possible to useabstractspaceon which to display spatial patterns.
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Furthermore, the ability to induce such a differential structure on anabstractspaceallows one to extend the definition of differentiability to spaces without global coordinate systems.
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These curves may then be lifted to induce suitable low-discrepancy curves in abstract spaces, such as nonlinear manifolds.
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Computer music that is often structured through formalised models is rich in possibilities for the invention of such abstract spaces.
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Our approach is incremental, well suited to search problems in abstract spaces, and applicable to a variety of problems where the abstract surface is described by a parametrization and metric.
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