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concept

concept (plural concepts)

1. An understanding 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.

2. (programming) In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

Definizione dizionario concept

	concetto
	something understood and retained in the mind
	Ciò che viene ritenuto nella memoria a seguito di esperienze, ragionamenti e/o immaginazione; una generalizzazione (forma generica e di base), o astrazione (rappresentazione mentale), di un qualcosa in particolare o di un gruppo di cose.
	Something understood, and retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning or/and imagination; a generalisation (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurances.
	A unit of thought that consists of characteristics attributed to an object, a relation, or an entity and that can be expressed in a symbol (e.g., a word or phrase).

Altri significati:

(programming) In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

An understanding 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).