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To take or withdraw from; as, to abstract the funds of a bank. To remove or separate. To summarize or abridge. An abstract comprises—or concentrates in itself—the essential qualities of a larger thing—or of several things—in a short, abbreviated form. It differs from a transcript, which is a verbatim copy of the thing itself and is more comprehensive. Cross-referencesabstract n. in general, a summary of a record or document, such as an abstract of judgment or abstract of title to real property. abstract noun abbreviation, abbreviature, analect, brief, capsule, compendium, compilation, compression, condensation, consolidation, conspectus, contraction, digest, epitoma, epitome, extract, pandect, precis, reduction, summary, synopsis Associated concepts: abstract idea, abstract of a record, abbtract of judgment, abstract of title, abstract proposition of law, abstracts of evidence, marketable title acts, title search abstract (Separate), verb detach, disengage, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, isolate, remove, take out of context abstract (Summarize), verb abbreviate, abridge, capsulize, compact, compress, condense, contract, reduce, shorten, synopsize, telescope See also: abridgment, capsule, compendium, condense, delineation, digest, extract, hold up, intangible, lessen, moot, note, outline, recondite, restatement, review, rob, scenario, select, speculative, steal, summary, synopsis, theoretical, withdraw How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Errors were resolved
easily when it was evident that 1 of the abstractors had simply missed
its reference in the original article, and consensus was easy to
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