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Meaning of ABSTRACTIVE

Pronunciation:  ab'straktiv

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting; "abstractive analysis"
 
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 Synonyms: theoretic, theoretical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ab*strac"tive\, a. [Cf. F. abstractif.]
Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.
``The abstractive faculty.'' --I. Taylor.
 
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