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A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.

Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris.

Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton.

In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.

The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. A wrongful abstraction of wealth from certain members of the community. J. S. Mill.

Pertaining to abstraction.

An idealist. Emerson.

Obtained from plants by distillation. [Obs.] Crabb.

Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. "The abstractive faculty." I. Taylor.

In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.

The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.

The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke.

st divulsion, separation, or decomposition. All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another. Derham.

The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.

Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction. -- At*tract"a*ble*ness, n.

One who, or that which, attracts.

Having power to attract.