One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. / Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work. / An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions.

(rare) comparative form of abstract: more abstract

plural of abstracter

The property of being abstractive.

Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. / Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.

Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. / (now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. / (now rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.

simple past tense and past participle of abstract

The quality of being abstract.

(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.

Pertaining to abstraction.