Plural of abstraction

regular plural

The plural of abstraction is abstractions.

Forms of abstraction

to fight for mere abstractions
At one point, her spidery abstractions gave way to a series of abruptly syncopated hits, like a deranged allusion to the Thelonious Monk tune “Evidence.”2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from...
Another objective of refactorization is to factor out repeated coding patterns into new abstractions and thus avoid their repetition resulting in less code to maintain.From the entry refactorization
As an alternative, I suggest that source code abstractions are virtualisations of metaphors.2026, Michael Falk, “Wikilambda the ultimate: the Wikimedia foundation’s search for the perfect language”, in AI & Society: Knowledge…. From the entry nub
The nub of truth in the “information hiding” view is that programming abstractions are metaphorical.2026, Michael Falk, “Wikilambda the ultimate: the Wikimedia foundation’s search for the perfect language”, in AI & Society: Knowledge…. From the entry nub

noun The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
noun The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
noun Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.

What is the plural of abstraction?: The plural of abstraction is abstractions.
Is abstraction countable?: Abstraction is a countable and uncountable noun.

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