abstract
Definition
Statement of what a scholarly or complex written work contains, presented as a summary usually by someone other than the author of the work. An abstract aims to present only the gist of the subject matter, stresses brevity, and makes no attempt to preserve the flavor or style of the original. See also abridgment, digest, outline, précis, summary, and synopsis.
abstract is in the Information & Knowledge Management and Printing, Packaging, & Publishing subjects.
abstract appears in the definitions of the following terms:
Chemical Abstracts Service registration number (CAS#),
rule of law,
coden,
computer modeling,
synopsis,
specific chemical identity,
threshold effect,
chemical name,
nominalism,
abridgment
and
abstract appears in these other terms: abstraction principle, abstract and epitome of title, abstract of title
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