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Con"crete (? or ?), a. [L.
concretus, p. p. of concrescere to grow together;
con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. See
Crescent.] 1. United in growth;
hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass;
united in a solid form.

The first concrete state, or consistent
surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last
liquid state.

Bp. Burnet.

2. (Logic) (a)
Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with
all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an
attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract.
Hence: (b) Applied to a specific object;
special; particular; -- opposed to general. See
Abstract, 3.

Concrete is opposed to abstract. The names
of individuals are concrete, those of classes
abstract.

J. S. Mill.

Concrete terms, while they express the
quality, do also express, or imply, or refer to, some subject to
which it belongs.

I. Watts.

Concrete number, a number associated
with, or applied to, a particular object, as three men,
five days, etc.


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