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CONCEPT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Synonyms:
concept; conception; construct
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("concept" is a kind of...):
idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concept"):
conceptualisation; conceptuality; conceptualization (an elaborated concept)
notion (a general inclusive concept)
category (a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme)
regulation; rule (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior)
attribute; dimension; property (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished)
abstract; abstraction (a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance)
quantity (the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)
division; part; section (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)
whole (all of something including all its component elements or parts)
law; natural law (a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society)
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
lexicalized concept (a concept that is expressed by a word (in some particular language))
hypothesis; possibility; theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena)
fact (a concept whose truth can be proved)
linguistic rule; rule ((linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice)
Derivation:
conceive (have the idea for)
conceptual (being or characterized by concepts or their formation)
conceptualise; conceptualize (have the idea for)
Context examples:
The terminology that includes concepts relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard for the Exchange of Non-clinical Data (SEND) electrocardiogram leads.
(CDISC SDTM Electrocardiogram Lead Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in the stratum basale.
(Basal Cell Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The concept encompasses size, shape, and organization of cell architecture specific for dysplasia, cancer in situ, inflammatory atypia, and preneoplastic states associated with regenerative changes in tissue.
(Atypical Regeneration, NCI Thesaurus)
For I had been elevating her too highly in my concepts of her, removing her too far from the plane of the human, and too far from me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
An experimental concept that relates to the anterior region of the olfactory bulb.
(Anterior Olfactory Lobule, NCI Thesaurus)
A method for normalization based upon the concept of a quantile-quantile plot extended to n dimensions.
(Bioconductor caAffy Quantiles Robust Normalization, NCI Thesaurus)
A term that helps define and render a biological process concept unique by further defining or describing a specific aspect of a biological process.
(Biological Process Qualifier, NCI Thesaurus)
The theoretical basis for this nursing practice incorporates physiological and psychosocial concepts of health as they affect cardiac/vascular wellness.
(Cardiac/Vascular Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
Concept also refers to a return telephone or radio call, particularly when a survey is conducted; and to a recall of a recently sold product (e.g. pharmaceutical) by the manufacturer.
(Callback, NCI Thesaurus)
The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in bones.
(Bone Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
