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abstraction

abstraction
subject			fact

abstraction	has definition a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
	is a kind of kbTop

Kinds of abstraction :

• astronomical software (6 kinds, 17 facts)
• belief (30 kinds, 76 facts)
• data collection (31 kinds, 63 facts)
• data standard (1 kind, 4 facts)
• hypothesis (123 kinds, 399 facts) - A scientific proposition that purports to explain a given set of phenomena; less comprehensive and less well established than a theory.
• institution (33 kinds, 76 facts)
• mathematical concept (767 kinds, 3002 facts)
• reasoning process (2 kinds, 5 facts)
• science (28 kinds, 65 facts) - Systematic study of Nature, based upon the presumption that the universe is based upon rationally intelligible principles and that its behavior can therefore be predicted by subjecting observational data to logical analysis.
• theory related concept (19 kinds, 47 facts)