con|cept

con|cept
con|cept «KON sehpt», noun.
a general notion or idea; thought. “Triangle,” “animal,” and “motion” are concepts. »

Einstein said he had always believed that the invention of scientific concepts and the building of theories upon them was one of the great creative properties of the human mind (Scientific American).

SYNONYM(S): conception, construct.
[< Latin conceptus, -ūs < concipere; see etym. under conceive (Cf.conceive)]

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