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The 13 pages that link to Abstraction, each with the reason it gives.

• SimulationRelated: Abstraction sets which real-world details a simulation includes or leaves out.

• Scientific modelRelated: A model abstracts from reality by preserving features relevant to its purpose.

• MathematicsRelated: Abstraction lets one mathematical structure model many different situations.

• PictogramRelated: Simplifying an image preserves recognizable cues while removing irrelevant visual information.

• Constantin BrâncușiRelated: His sculptures abstracted subjects while retaining essential qualities such as flight or sleep.

• BiomorphismRelated: Biomorphic shapes often abstract organisms until their sources are only suggested.

• Software designRelated: Abstraction lets designers reason about behavior without committing to every implementation detail.

• Bird in SpaceRelated: Brâncuși preserves the idea of flight while removing most recognizable bird anatomy.

• An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingRelated: Locke treats abstraction as the source of general ideas and terms.

• Concepts & principlesRelated: Abstraction lets concepts capture recurring structure across particular cases.

• Model (representation)Related: Every model abstracts: its usefulness depends on which features it preserves and which it leaves out.

• Operator overloadingRelated: Operator notation abstracts away implementation calls, making custom operations resemble built-in ones.