Abstractive

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  abstractive
       adj : of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting;
             "abstractive analysis"