abstraction
abstract entity | a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
practice
pattern | a customary way of operation or behavior, it is their practice to give annual raises, they changed their dietary pattern |
agribusiness
agriculture factory farm | a large-scale farming enterprise |
Abstract Expressionism
action painting | a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions, the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles |
abstractionism
abstract art | an abstract genre of art, artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation |
automobile factory
auto factory
car factory | a factory where automobiles are manufactured |
design
pattern
figure | a decorative or artistic work, the coach had a design on the doors |
factory
mill manufacturing plant
manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
| factory ship | a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea |
| factory whistle | a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work |
fret Greek fret
Greek key
key pattern | an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief), there was a simple fret at the top of the walls |
| herringbone herringbone pattern | a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way, it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery |
steel mill
steelworks
steel plant
steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
willowware
willow-pattern | chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river |
| inheritance hereditary pattern | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents |
convention
normal
pattern rule formula | something regarded as a normative example, the convention of not naming the main character, violence is the rule not the exception, his formula for impressing visitors |
melody
tonal pattern | the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes |
reasoning
logical thinking
abstract thought | thinking that is coherent and logical |
abstraction
abstract | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance, he loved her only in the abstract--not in person |
blueprint
design pattern | something intended as a guide for making something else, a blueprint for a house, a pattern for a skirt |
form
shape
pattern | a perceptual structure, the composition presents problems for students of musical form, a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them |
| pattern | a model considered worthy of imitation, the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics |
outline
synopsis
abstract
precis | a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory |
radiation pattern
radiation diagram
pattern | graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle |
| intonation pattern | intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements |
poetic rhythm
rhythmic pattern
prosody | (prosody) a system of versification |
| accent speech pattern | distinctive manner of oral expression, he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent, she had a very clear speech pattern |
think tank
think factory | a company that does research for hire and issues reports on the implications |
traffic pattern
approach pattern
pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport, the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded, they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted |
| holding pattern | the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land |
abstractionist
abstract artist | a painter of abstract pictures |
mill-hand
factory worker | a workman in a mill or factory |
| factory price | price charged for goods picked up at the factory |
| holding pattern | a state of inaction with no progress and no change, you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment |
male-patterned baldness
male pattern baldness | loss of hair on the crown of the head |
| abstract | consider a concept without thinking of a specific example, consider abstractly or theoretically |
| abstract | consider apart from a particular case or instance, Let's abstract away from this particular example |
| abstract | give an abstract (of) |
| pattern-bomb | bomb in certain patterns |
| model pattern | plan or create according to a model or models |
c pilfer
cabbage
purloin
pinch
abstract
snarf
swipe
hook
sneak
filch
nobble
lift
c | make off with belongings of others |
| pattern | form a pattern, These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before |
| abstract | existing only in the mind, separated from embodiment, abstract words like `truth' and `justice' |
| factory-made | produced in quantity at a factory |
| abstract | dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention, abstract reasoning, abstract science |
abstract
abstractionist
nonfigurative
nonobjective | not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature, a large abstract painting |