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    abstraction

    US /æbˈstrækʃən, əb-/

    ・

    UK /æbˈstrækʃn/

    B2
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Concept or idea related to something not physical
    She was gazing in abstraction at the far corner of the room

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    The Story of: Gerhard Richter (1932–Today)

    19:49The Story of: Gerhard Richter (1932–Today)
    • From meticulously rendered photo paintings to bold abstract works using a large squeegee instead of a paintbrush. Gerhard Richter is arguably the most famous painter today. He shifts from a photographic realism with a blurred effect to pure abstraction as no other artist has ever done before. His oeuvre is the result of an ongoing examination of painting as a medium. Richter's impressive career spans across over half a century and has been a certainty in today's art world. But how did a boy from Dresden become one of the greatest artists in the world to wield a paintbrush? Welcome to the story of Gerhard Richter.

      From meticulously rendered photo paintings to bold abstract works using a large squeegee instead of a paintbrush. Gerhard Richter is arguably the most famous painter today. He shifts from a photographic realism with a blurred effect to pure abstraction as no other artist has ever done before. His oeuvre is the result of an ongoing examination of painting as a medium. Richter's impressive career spans across over half a century and has been a certainty in today's art world. But how did a boy from Dresden become one of the greatest artists in the world to wield a paintbrush? Welcome to the story of Gerhard Richter.

    • He shifts from a photographic realism with a blurred effect to pure abstraction as no other artist has ever done before.

      He shifts from a photographic realism with a blurred effect to pure abstraction as no other artist has ever done before.

    B1

    Introduction to C++ Programming

    10:32Introduction to C++ Programming
    • So, we can say that it is a better C, and it supports data abstraction, it supports object oriented programming, and it supports generic programming.

      So, we can say that it is a better C, and it supports data abstraction, it supports object oriented programming, and it supports generic programming.

    • And it supports data abstraction, it supports object-oriented programming, and it supports generic programming.

      And it supports data abstraction, it supports object-oriented programming, and it supports generic programming.

    A2

    ハーバードのコンピュータ・サイエンスの教授だけど質問ある? | Tech Support | WIRED Japan

    14:27ハーバードのコンピュータ・サイエンスの教授だけど質問ある? | Tech Support | WIRED Japan
    • So this is all to say that even if we start at this lowest level of just zeros and ones, so long as you and I and all of the devices we use agree to follow some standard like this, we can build these layers and layers of abstraction, so to speak, on top of one another, until finally you and I come up with a pattern of zeros and ones that represents send this piece of information from me over there.

      So this is all to say that even if we start at this lowest level of just zeros and ones, so long as you and I and all of the devices we use agree to follow some standard like this, we can build these layers and layers of abstraction, so to speak, on top of one another, until finally you and I come up with a pattern of zeros and ones that represents send this piece of information from me over there.

    • So this is all to say that even if we start at this lowest level of just zeros and ones, so long as you and I and all of the devices we use agree to follow some standard like this, we can build these layers and layers of abstraction, so to speak, on top of one another until finally you and I come up with a pattern of zeros and ones that represents, "Send this piece of information from me over there." And thus, we have something like the internet.

      So this is all to say that even if we start at this lowest level of just zeros and ones, so long as you and I and all of the devices we use agree to follow some standard like this, we can build these layers and layers of abstraction, so to speak, on top of one another until finally you and I come up with a pattern of zeros and ones that represents, "Send this piece of information from me over there." And thus, we have something like the internet.

    B1

    Stanford Webinar - Fintech Revolution: How Disruptive Innovation is Transforming Financial Services

    52:48Stanford Webinar - Fintech Revolution: How Disruptive Innovation is Transforming Financial Services
    • So again, I think they start with trying to design a user experience first and then ensuring that there's backwards compatibility about how that then is engineered and configured to work with an existing so again, many times, it's just about building a complete abstraction layer between the consumer and all of the kind of friction that can be created around the product.

      So again, I think they start with trying to design a user experience first and then ensuring that there's backwards compatibility about how that then is engineered and configured to work with an existing so again, many times, it's just about building a complete abstraction layer between the consumer and all of the kind of friction that can be created around the product.

    • So again, many times it's just about building a complete abstraction layer

      So again, many times it's just about building a complete abstraction layer

    B1

    How a dental technician became the master of modern horror

    16:15How a dental technician became the master of modern horror
    • He plays out his dark drama of innocent, almost cute drawings of children against the more well-rendered drawings of the adults in a world that is realistic, rectilinear, claustrophobic, and then breaks apart into pure painterly abstraction.

      He plays out his dark drama of innocent, almost cute drawings of children against the more well-rendered drawings of the adults in a world that is realistic, rectilinear, claustrophobic, and then breaks apart into pure painterly abstraction.

    • and then breaks apart into pure painterly abstraction.

      and then breaks apart into pure painterly abstraction.

    B1

    数学者だけど「幾何学」について質問ある?| Tech Support | WIRED Japan

    17:54数学者だけど「幾何学」について質問ある?| Tech Support | WIRED Japan
    • The two-dimensional plane or three-dimensional space are just as much of an abstraction as four-dimensional space.

      The two-dimensional plane or three-dimensional space are just as much of an abstraction as four-dimensional space.

    • The two dimensional plane or three dimensional space are just as much of an abstraction as four dimensional space.

      The two dimensional plane or three dimensional space are just as much of an abstraction as four dimensional space.

    B1

    Computational Thinking - Computer Science for Business Leaders 2016

    21:52Computational Thinking - Computer Science for Business Leaders 2016
    • And we'll revisit some CS topics, like abstraction, which came up a couple of times yesterday;

      And we'll revisit some CS topics, like abstraction, which came up a couple of times yesterday;

    • >> And we will revisit some CS topics, like abstraction,

      >> And we will revisit some CS topics, like abstraction,

    B1

    Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of God

    38:29Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of God
    • You know? Numbers are an abstraction from the underlying reality but no one in their right mind would really think numbers aren't true.

      You know? Numbers are an abstraction from the underlying reality but no one in their right mind would really think numbers aren't true.

    • Because the abstraction is so insanely powerful.

      Because the abstraction is so insanely powerful.

    B1

    Julie Mehretu Interview: The In-Between Place

    09:51Julie Mehretu Interview: The In-Between Place
    • The reason that I work within abstraction and within the language of abstract painting is that it's this place where there isn't a clear image of what, of perspective.

      The reason that I work within abstraction and within the language of abstract painting is that it's this place where there isn't a clear image of what, of perspective.

    • The reason that I work within abstraction and within the language of abstract painting is that it's this place where there isn't a clear image of what of perspective.

      The reason that I work within abstraction and within the language of abstract painting is that it's this place where there isn't a clear image of what of perspective.

    A2

    Repository Pattern in Go - How to Structure your Projects

    16:24Repository Pattern in Go - How to Structure your Projects
    • This here is this here actually the malware is dependency injection, so we have an abstraction and we are injecting any dependency we want at runtime.

      This here is this here actually the malware is dependency injection, so we have an abstraction and we are injecting any dependency we want at runtime.

    • So we have an abstraction and we are injecting any dependency we want at runtime.

      So we have an abstraction and we are injecting any dependency we want at runtime.

    B1