concept
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< Latin conceptus (“‘a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.’”) < concipere, pp. conceptus (“‘to take in, conceive’”); see conceive.
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concept (plural concepts)
- Something understood, and retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
- 1855, Thomas Reid, Sir W. Hamilton, James Walker, “Essay IV. Of Conception”, in Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man[1]:
- The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term.
- 1855, Thomas Reid, Sir W. Hamilton, James Walker, “Essay IV. Of Conception”, in Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man[1]:
- (programming) In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
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something understood and retained in the mind
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- concept in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- concept in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Concept on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Concept in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
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concept n. (plural concepten)

