Both Uses of
abstract
in
Childhood's End
- Much of his department's work-the forwarding of statistical information, the abstracting of the world's press, and the like-had continued automatically.†
Chpt 3 *
- On the purely realistic side, results could be produced indistinguishable from actual photography-much to the contempt of those who were developing the cartoon along abstract lines.†
Chpt 15
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(abstract as in: read the abstract) a summary; or to summarize -- especially academic writing