The main disadvantage of abstraction is that highly abstract concepts are more difficult to learn, and require a degree of mathematical maturity and experience before they can be assimilated.

Whitehead held that eternal objects are abstractions of a very high degree of abstraction.

* model based with a degree of abstraction to support decision making generically, instead of case based ;

In spite of his protests against abstraction, hypothesis and synthesis, his allegory of the statue is in the highest degree abstract, hypothetical and synthetic.

A nested ( or, hierarchical ) metalanguage is similar to an ordered metalanguage in that each level represents a greater degree of abstraction.

The main disadvantage of abstraction is that highly abstract concepts are more difficult to learn, and require a degree of mathematical maturity and experience before they can be assimilated.

The degree of abstraction in the movement ranged considerably from Charles Demuth's famous The Figure 5 in Gold from 1928 ; to Charles Sheeler's work that sometimes verged on the photorealistic.

Despite its status as a civil code, legal precedent does play a limited role ; the way the courts construe and interpret the regulations of the code has changed in many ways, and continues to evolve and develop, due particularly to the high degree of abstraction throughout.

In the Flashman novel Flashman in the Great Game, the main character reads Tom Brown's School Days ( achieving a remarkable degree of abstraction as Flashman, a fictional character, is portrayed reading a real book about himself ).

These works became more representation than previous sculptures but still retain a degree of abstraction and ambiguity.

From 1914 and extending to the end of the New York period, Gleizes ' nonrepresentational paintings and those with an apparent visual basis existed side by side, differing only, writes Daniel Robbins, in " the degree of abstraction hidden by the uniformity with which they were painted and by the constant effort to tie the plastic realization of the painting to a specific, even unique, experience.

Many implementations of Finite Element Analysis can be thought of as continuous automata, though this degree of abstraction away from the physics of the problem is probably inappropriate.

The progressive difficulty of these queries is represented by the increasing degree of abstraction from the types and semantics defined the system architecture ( directories and files on a known computer ) to the types and semantics that occupy the realm of ordinary human discourse ( subjects such as " humor " and entities such as " my grandmother ").

Image analysis is a typical domain for which a high degree of abstraction from low-level Methods is required, and where the semantic gap immediately affects the user.

For these disciplines, the original master degree abbreviation is combined with the dr. abbreviation thus resulting in for example " dr. ir.

Deciding to concentrate on acting, Curry graduated from Birmingham University with a combined degree in English and drama.

Dealing with multiple elements complicates the model of the simulation side of a wargame, so games with a true combined arms approach tend to be strategic in nature, where all aspects are abstracted to a greater degree.

Only a very small number of triplanes were ever built, but the format does have the advantage of allowing an aircraft a high degree of maneuverability combined with a very good climb rate.

There is evidence that the English Setter originated in crosses of the Spanish Pointer, large Water Spaniel, and English Springer Spaniel, which combined to produce an excellent bird dog with a high degree of proficiency in finding and pointing game in open country.

This information is combined with local climatic data ( degree day ) heating and cooling requirements to determine at what time of the year solar gain will be beneficial for thermal comfort, and when it should be blocked with shading.

Their programme consists of a combination of intensive study of the English language, combined with preparatory work on the subjects that will form the major component of their Shumei University degree.

degree of its candidates, it used to be common to take a five-year combined MA LLB curriculum at the Scottish universities.

* Absolute preference is given to the direct descending line over the collateral and ascending line, and, within the same line, the closest degree takes precedence over the more remote and, within the same degree, the elder over the younger, combined with the principles of first-born and representation.

Holdheim went to Prague and subsequently to Berlin to study philosophy and the humanities ; and his keen intellect, combined with his eagerness to learn, made it possible for him to reach his goal in an incredibly short time, though the lack of preliminary systematic preparation left its imprint upon his mind, to a certain degree, to the last.

Their degree of lock-in combined with their market share has made them subject to a number of antitrust lawsuits.

In 2008, an educational campus and the first RRC building — the Avery Building — was opened through the combined efforts of Texas State University-San Marcos, Austin Community College, and Temple College in order to provide a broader range of educational opportunities, specialized training, and varying degree programs including post graduate degrees.

The reason was that the Dutch trading system rested on such a degree of leverage over overseas markets and shipping resources, combined with a financial power that was only overtaken by Great Britain during the 18th century ( after the Glorious Revolution ), that it enabled the Dutch to put sufficient pressure on the English to prevent them from sustaining naval campaigns of sufficient length to wrest maritime concessions from the Dutch.

By contrast, in some cases, such as the Integrated Master's Degree in the UK, the degree is combined with a Bachelor of Science, as a 4 year degree.

Mill held that certain amount of conscience, and of disinterested public spirit, may fairly be calculated on in the citizens of any community ripe for representative government, but that " it would be ridiculous to expect such a degree of it, combined with such intellectual discernment, as would be proof against any plausible fallacy tending to make that which was for their class interest appear the dictate of justice and of the general good.

Fisk appears on Parade magazine's " A List " of colleges and universities that offer combined Bachelor's and Master's degree programs.

Using a five-throw crankshaft and 72 ° bank angle the firing order can be made even, and the two balanced shafts do not balance each other completely, but are combined into a single A 36 ° degree bank angle and a 108 ° flying arm crankshaft would allow even firing without a balance shaft and smaller counterweights, but would be impractical.

He employed Stasicrates, "... as this artist was famous for his innovations, which combined an exceptional degree of magnificence, audacity and ostentation ...", to design the pyre for Hephaestion.

One of these, the Medical Scientist Training Program, produces investigators who hold the combined M. D .- Ph. D. degree and are well trained in both basic science and clinical research.

In Australia most universities offer law as an undergraduate-entry course ( LLB, 4 years ), or combined degree course ( e. g., BSc / LLB, BCom / LLB, BA / LLB, BE / LLB, 5 – 6 years ).

Students in combined degree programs would spend the first 3 years completing their first bachelor degree together with some preliminary law subjects, and then spend the last 2 – 3 years completing the law degree.

What they discuss with dialectical seriousness is the degree to which sex can inspire the Muse.

In conformance with the maximization principle we affirm that Gentile-Jewish relations will be harmonious or inharmonious to the degree that one relation or the other is expected by the active participants to yield the greatest net advantage, taking all value outcomes and effects into consideration.

I suppose the same emotion holds, if to a lesser degree, with any famous monument.

For a moment she thought of answering with the truth but she knew there were men who shied away from virginity, who demanded some degree of education in body as well as mind.

Some 45 frequencies are assigned for use primarily by dominant Class 1, -- A or Class 1, -- B clear-channel stations, designed to operate with adequate power and to provide service -- both groundwave and ( at night ) skywave -- over large areas and at great distances, being protected against interference to the degree necessary to achieve this objective.

Because of this, only those with truly fine equipment will be able to appreciate the exact degree of the engineers' triumph.

Break the end corners with a slight 45 degree chamfer.

He completed his training in pharmacy also, taking his degree with high honors in 1797, and in 1799 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy along with a prize for an essay in medicine.

Contrary to these expectations we have found it impossible to obtain the degree of reproducibility one would wish, even with extensive efforts to prepare especially pure reagents.

The theorem which we prove is more general than what we have described, since it works with the primary decomposition of the minimal polynomial, whether or not the primes which enter are all of first degree.

The value-system of a community or society is always correlated with, and to a degree dependent upon, a more or less shared system of religious beliefs and convictions.

In even greater degree the same rule applied to the remainder of Eastern Europe, where the upper classes had generally collaborated with the Nazis, even to the extent of sending millions of their peasants into Russia as a part of Hitler's armies.

While this influence is a complex matter, depending upon personality factors in the individual as well as upon his social-class experience, there probably are some general statements about social-class background and educational policy that can be made with a fair degree of truth.

The images can easily be aligned with a high degree of accuracy.

note pitch 3 ( pretty high ) on emeralds but with a slight degree of drawl, one degree of oversoftness.

This means that such factors as the health of the parents, particularly the mother, their ability to provide their children with the necessities of life, the degree of population density of a country and the shortage of housing facilities may legitimately be taken into consideration in determining the number of offspring.

Of course, it can be argued that an ability to write English correctly and with some degree of elegance is a marketable skill.

and allowed little initiative in early play and work patterns -- then in adolescence her normal degree of vanity, sensitivity, and preoccupation with whether others find her appearance and behavior acceptable, will be compounded.

The positive development, during adolescence, of this capacity to think and to feel strongly and with increasing independence, and to identify overtly either with or against given ideas, values, and practices, depends to a considerable degree on both previous and present opportunities for developing autonomy, initiative, and self-certainty.

The enormity of what Conrad had told him made it impossible for Gilborn to accept, with any degree of realism, the actuality of it.