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abstract methods

abstract methods is the plural of abstract method.

Meaning of abstract method

Noun

abstract method (plural abstract methods)

  1. (object-oriented programming) A method of an abstract class that has no implementation in that class and must therefore be implemented by all subtyping classes.

Questions about abstract methods

What is abstract methods the plural of?
Abstract methods is the plural of abstract method.

Words near abstract methods in the dictionary

  1. abstract harmonic analysis
  2. abstract idea
  3. abstract ideas
  4. abstract language
  5. abstract method
  6. abstract methods
  7. abstract model
  8. abstract models
  9. abstract music
  10. abstract nonsense
  11. abstract noun

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