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| ab·so·lute [ ábssə lt, àbsə lt ] |
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1. adds emphasis: used to give strong emphasis to what is being said
  an absolute disaster
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2. possessing unlimited power: having total power and authority
an absolute monarch
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3. unequivocal: completely unequivocal and not capable of being viewed as partial or relative
absolute proof
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4. independent and unmodifiable: not depending on or qualified by anything else
absolute truth
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5. grammar independent of sentence syntax: not syntactically dependent on the main clause of a sentence, e.g. "It being sunny" in the sentence "It being sunny, they went to the pool"
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6. grammar without direct object: used without an explicit direct object. The usage of "satisfy" is absolute in the sentence "We aim to satisfy."
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7. grammar used as noun: used without an explicit noun. "The rich and the poor" are absolute adjectival usages.
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8. physics measured relative to vacuum: involving or relating to measurements made relative to the vacuum state
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9. physics according to standardized measures: relating to or using basic units of length, time, mass, and charge
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10. physics measured relative to absolute zero: measured on or relating to a scale that has as its lowest temperature absolute zero, the point at which all molecular motion ceases
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11. law full and unconditional: complete and in no way conditional on any future evidence or behavior
an absolute pardon
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12. law owned outright: having unconditional ownership of a title or property, unrestricted by trusts or entails
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often used after a noun
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13. mathematics constant in value: not changing in value in varying mathematical expressions
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14. mathematics always true algebraically: true for all values of a variable in an algebraic expression
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15. mathematics without variables: not containing an algebraic variable
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noun (plural ab·so·lutes) |
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1. unquestionable rule: a principle or value that is held to be always true or valid
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2. philosophy ultimate reality: in some schools of philosophy, the one ultimate reality that does not depend on anything, and is not relative to anything else
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| [14th century. < Latin absolutus, past participle of absolvere "set free" (see absolve)] |
