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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 03 2013 @ 10:40 AM EDT |
"Can the processing be done with pencil and paper? Such as listening to a
telegraph key and writing down the message? If so:
It's abstract!"
What about if it can be done with a spoon, is it abstract then?
How about if it can be done with a screw driver?
Definition of ABSTRACT
1
a : disassociated from any specific instance <an abstract entity>
b : difficult to understand : abstruse <abstract problems>
c : insufficiently factual : formal <possessed only an abstract right>
2
: expressing a quality apart from an object <the word poem is concrete,
poetry is abstract>
3
a : dealing with a subject in its abstract aspects : theoretical <abstract
science>
b : impersonal, detached <the abstract compassion of a surgeon — Time>
4
: having only intrinsic form with little or no attempt at pictorial
representation or narrative content <abstract painting>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abstract
The method of my example is NOT from any specific instance. I outlined the
specifics for you previously.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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