There are very many definitions of the word absolute, depending on how the word is used...
ab·so·lute [ábss lt , àbss lt ] adjective
1. out-and-out: used to emphasize the strength of the speaker's feeling on the subject an absolute fool
2. unbounded: to the very greatest degree possible absolute confidence in her ability to win
3. despotic: having total power and authority to rule as an absolute monarch
4. independent and unmodifiable: not depending on or qualified by anything else absolute truth
5. total and unequivocal: completely unequivocal and not capable of being viewed as partial or relative No absolute correlation has been established.
6. GRAMMAR grammatically independent: not syntactically dependent on the main clause of a sentence, for example, "It being sunny" in the sentence "It being sunny, they went to the pool"
7. GRAMMAR without direct object: used without an explicit direct object. The usage of "satisfy" is absolute in the sentence "We aim to satisfy."
8. GRAMMAR used as noun: used without an explicit noun. "The rich and the poor" are absolute adjectival usages.
9. PHYSICS measured relative to vacuum: involving or relating to measurements made relative to the vacuum state
10. PHYSICS according to standardized measures: relating to or using basic units of length, time, mass, and charge
11. 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
12. LAW full and unconditional: complete and in no way conditional on any future evidence or behavior
13. LAW owned outright: having unconditional ownership of a title or property, unrestricted by trusts or entails (often used after a noun)
14. MATHEMATICS always true algebraically: true for all values of a variable in an algebraic expression
15. MATHEMATICS constant in value: not changing in value in varying mathematical expressions
16. MATHEMATICS without variables: not containing an algebraic variable
noun (plural ab·so·lutes)
1. unquestionable rule: a principle or value that is held to be always true or valid
2. ab·so·lute or Ab·so·lute 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
[14th century. From Latin absolutus "freed," the past participle of absolvere "to set free" (see absolve ). The underlying idea is of setting something free from defect and making it complete.]
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