Look up: Absolute

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   Absolute
   Absolute is that which is freed from relation, limitation or dependence. As an adjective it is therefore applied to the essence of a thing apart from its relations or appearances, and also to the complete or perfect state of being. Hence comes its substantial meaning of 'The Absolute' as the self-existent, self-sufficient Being, that which is free from all limitation, the all-inclusive Reality. The absolute in one form or another forms a central feature in the philosophical systems of Spinoza, S...
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   Absolute
   anything of which it can be predicated that it is 'not relative'. In pure metaphysics that which exists independent of any other cause; unconditioned. Hence the same as Parabrahmam, or the 'unknowable'. That state or condition into which it is said the manifested universe disappears upon the great Pralaya. Said to be, by some, the combination of Spirit and Matter.
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   [adj] - expressing finality with no implication of possible change 2. [adj] - not limited by law 3. [adj] - without conditions or limitations 4. [adj] - complete and without restriction or qualification 5. [adj] - not capable of being violated or infringed 6. [adj] - perfect or complete or pure 7. [n] - something that is conceived to be absolute
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   In philosophy, the opposite of relative, dependent, or conditioned. The underlying view is that any particular thing is incomplete and therefore not fully real: it is only the totality, the universe...
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   absolute
   essential oil from which waxes are removed Category: The chemical industry
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   Absolute
   Ab'so·lute adjective [ Latin absolutus , past participle of absolvere : confer French absolu . See Absolve .] 1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch. 2. Complete ...
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   Ab'so·lute noun (Geom.) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
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   absolute
   1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch. ... 2. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty. 'So absolute she seems, And in herself complete ...
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   absolute
   conclusive adjective expressing finality with no implication of possible change; `an absolute guarantee to respect the nation`s authority`; `inability to make a conclusive refusal`
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    absolute
    infrangible adjective not capable of being violated or infringed; `infrangible human rights`
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    absolute
    total adjective without conditions or limitations; `a total ban`
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    absolute
    adjective not limited by law; `an absolute monarch`
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    absolute
    adjective perfect or complete or pure; `absolute loyalty`; `absolute silence`; `absolute truth`; `absolute alcohol`
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    noun something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control; `no mortal being can influence the absolute`
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    out-and-out(a) adjective complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; `absolute freedom`; `an absolute dimwit`; `a downright lie`; `out-and-out mayhem`; `an out-and-out lie`; `a rank outsider`; `many right-down vices`; `got the job through sheer persistence`; `sheer stupidity`
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    Absolute
    `Absolute` may mean: `Philosophy` * Absolute (philosophy), a concept in philosophy * Moral absolutes, the belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged `Math and science` * Absolute value, in mathematics, the value of a real number is its numerical value without regard to its sign * Absolute Infinite, a concept of infinity in mathematics * Absolute (substance), an essential oil produced via solvent extract...
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    absolute
    (ab´sә-lldbomact) free from limitations; unlimited; uncombined.
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    Absolute
    • (a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch. • (a.) Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty. • (a.) Viewed apart from mo...
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    absolute
    (from the article `perfume`) ...solvent—a solid substance called a concrete. Treatment of the concrete with a second substance, usually alcohol, leaves the waxes undissolved and ...
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    (from the article `philosophy, Western`) ...intensity of Kant. He conceived of human self-consciousness as the primary metaphysical fact through the analysis of which the philosopher finds ... G.W.F. Hegel had, as noted above, a profound effect upon the development of historical and other studies. His own system, the system of the Absol...
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    absolute
    absolute 1. Perfect in quality or nature; free from imperfection; complete, perfect. 2. Not mixed or adulterated; pure. 3. Not limited by restrictions or exceptions; unconditional, complete, outright: absolute trust. 4. Unqualified in extent or degree; total: absolute silence. 5. Unconstrained by constitutional, counterbalancing group, or other provisio...
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    absolute
    Unconditional; unlimited; uncombined; undiluted (as in case of alcohol); certain. [L. absolutus, complete, pp. of ab-solvo, to loosen from]
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    Absolute
    refers to a feedback device such as a resolver or an absolute encoder that provides unique position information for each discrete shaft location; unlike an incremental feedback device which requires a known reference point, an absolute feedback device retains position information when power to the system is momentarily lost.
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    absolute
    Not limited by exceptions or conditions. The term is used in many different ways in mathematics, physics, philosophy, and everyday speech. Absolute space and time, which, in Newton's universe, form a unique, immutable frame of reference, blend and become deformable in the spacetime of Einstein. Se...
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    absolute
    absolute, in philosophy, the opposite of relative. The term has acquired numerous widely variant connotations in different philosophical systems. It means unlimited, unconditioned, or free of any relation; perfect, complete, or total; permanent, inherent, or ultimate; independent, or valid without r...
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