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1 definition found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·crete
a.
1.
United
in
growth
;
hence
,
formed
by
coalition
of
separate
particles
into
one
mass
;
united
in
a
solid
form
.
The
first
concrete
state
,
or
consistent
surface
,
of
the
chaos
must
be
of
the
same
figure
as
the
last
liquid
state
.
--
Bp
.
Burnet
.
2.
Logic
(a)
Standing
for
an
object
as
it
exists
in
nature
,
invested
with
all
its
qualities
,
as
distinguished
from
standing
for
an
attribute
of
an
object
; --
opposed
to
abstract
.
Hence
:
(b)
Applied
to
a
specific
object
;
special
;
particular
; --
opposed
to
general
.
See
Abstract
, 3.
Concrete
is
opposed
to
abstract
.
The
names
of
individuals
are
concrete
,
those
of
classes
abstract
.
--
J
.
S
.
Mill
.
Concrete
terms
,
while
they
express
the
quality
,
do
also
express
,
or
imply
,
or
refer
to
,
some
subject
to
which
it
belongs
.
--
I
.
Watts
.
Concrete number
,
a
number
associated
with
,
or
applied
to
,
a
particular
object
,
as
three
men
,
five
days
,
etc
.,
as
distinguished
from
an
abstract
number
,
or
one
used
without
reference
to
a
particular
object
.
Concrete quantity
,
a
physical
object
or
a
collection
of
such
objects
. --
Davies
&
Peck
.
Concrete science
,
a
physical
science
,
one
having
as
its
subject
of
knowledge
concrete
things
instead
of
abstract
laws
.
Concrete sound or movement of the voice
,
one
which
slides
continuously
up
or
down
,
as
distinguished
from
a
discrete
movement
,
in
which
the
voice
leaps
at
once
from
one
line
of
pitch
to
another
.
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