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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9405205" data-attributes="member: 42582">I get the following from Oxford Languages via Google (I'm eliding the meanings that aren't pertinent):existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
&quot;abstract concepts such as love or beauty&quot;

not based on a particular instance; theoretical.
&quot;we have been discussing the problem in a very abstract manner&quot;

consider something theoretically or separately from (something else).
&quot;to abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism&quot;The general gist is to consider or describe a phenomenon in disregard of certain particular or local details that aren't inherent to the phenomenon as an idea, but that do inhere in given, concrete, real-world instances.The frictionless plane of high school physics is an abstraction. The movement rate of D&amp;D characters and creatures is an abstraction.Rendering the simultaneous non-simultaneous is not an abstraction. It's not a theoretical simplification, or setting aside of some bit of particular, local detail.It's a game-play device. Games often (not always) involve taking turns.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 9405205, member: 42582"] I get the following from Oxford Languages via Google (I'm eliding the meanings that aren't pertinent): [indent]existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. "abstract concepts such as love or beauty" not based on a particular instance; theoretical. "we have been discussing the problem in a very abstract manner" consider something theoretically or separately from (something else). "to abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism"[/indent] The general gist is to consider or describe a phenomenon in disregard of certain particular or local details that aren't inherent to the phenomenon as an idea, but that do inhere in given, concrete, real-world instances. The frictionless plane of high school physics is an abstraction. The movement rate of D&D characters and creatures is an abstraction. Rendering the simultaneous non-simultaneous is not an abstraction. It's not a theoretical simplification, or setting aside of some bit of particular, local detail. It's a game-play device. Games often (not always) involve taking turns. [/QUOTE]

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