# in abstracto
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># in abstracto
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(Latin). In the abstract.
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## Dictionary definition
in abstracto
[adverb](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adverb)
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in ab·strac·to
ˌinəbzˈtrak(ˌ)tō,
\-bˈst-
**:** in or from an abstract point of view **:** in the abstract
the question could not be settled _in abstracto_— Yuen-li-Liang
discovering the problem purely theoretically, _in abstracto_— _Mathematical Biophysics_
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