Search the Dictionary

names of orders, genera or species of things, in which there is a combination of similar qualities. -- Abstract numbers (Math.), numbers used without application to things, as 6, 8, 10; but when applied to any thing, as 6 feet, 10 men, they become concrete. -- Abstract or Pure mathematics. See Mathematics.…

The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

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

The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle.

The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number." Locke.

; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh.

ose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3.

The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.

a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

The quality of being accentual.

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. "Acceptability of repentance." Jer. Taylor.

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility. Langhorne.

A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.

The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [R.] Coleridge.

The quality of being accidental; casualness.

The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] Todd.

fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. Wilkins. These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. Cowden Clarke.

The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.

To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith.