absolute
/ˈæb.səˌljuːt/
noun
Meaning
That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental.
"moral absolutes"
Anything that is absolute.
In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
(usually capitalized) A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
(usually capitalized) The unity of spirit and nature; God.
(usually capitalized) The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.
A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.
adjective
Meaning
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
"1658, Samuel Hoard, God[']s Love to Mankind, Manifested, by disprooving his absolute decree for their damnation"
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
"absolute purity, absolute liberty"
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
"absolute alcohol"
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
"When caught, he told an absolute lie. an absolute denial of all charges"
Positive, certain; unquestionable.
Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
"Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations."
Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
"absolute velocity, absolute motion, absolute position"
(grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
As measured using an absolute value.
"absolute deviation"
Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
"absolute music"
Absolved; free.
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