Hypertext Webster Gateway: "concept"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Concept \Con"cept\, n. [L. conceptus (cf. neut. conceptum
fetus), p. p. of concipere to conceive: cf. F. concept. See
{Conceit}.]
An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
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. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
concept
n : an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from
specific instances [syn: {conception}, {construct}] [ant:
{misconception}]
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