Definition of Absolute

1. Noun. Something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative. "No mortal being can influence the absolute"

Generic synonyms: Abstract, Abstraction

2. Adjective. Perfect or complete or pure. "Absolute alcohol"
Similar to: Direct, Implicit, Unquestioning, Infinite, Living
Derivative terms: Absoluteness
Antonyms: Relative

3. Adjective. Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. "Sheer stupidity"
Exact synonyms: Downright, Out-and-out, Rank, Right-down, Sheer
Similar to: Complete
Derivative terms: Absoluteness

4. Adjective. Not limited by law. "An absolute monarch"
Similar to: Arbitrary
Derivative terms: Absoluteness

5. Adjective. Expressing finality with no implication of possible change. "An absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"
Similar to: Unambiguous, Unequivocal, Univocal
Derivative terms: Absoluteness

6. Adjective. Not capable of being violated or infringed. "Infrangible human rights"
Exact synonyms: Infrangible, Inviolable
Similar to: Inalienable, Unalienable
Derivative terms: Absoluteness

Definition of Absolute

1. 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.

2. n. In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

Definition of Absolute

1. free from restriction [adj -LUTER, -LUTEST] / something that is absolute [n -S]

Medical Definition of Absolute

1. 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." (Milton) 3. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space. 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. 4. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing. In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist. The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the universe, or the total of all existence, as only capable of relations in its parts to each other and to the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their laws. 5. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative. It is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined, can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect. "To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute." (Sir W. Hamilton) 6. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. "I am absolute 't was very Cloten." (Shak) 7. Authoritative; peremptory. "The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head, With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed." (Mrs. Browning) 8. Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol. 9. Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative. Absolute curvature, the sum of the optic and eccentric equations. Absolute space, space considered without relation to material limits or objects. Absolute terms. The be ginning, or zero point, in the scale of absolute temperature. It is equivalent to -273 deg centigrade or -459.4 deg Fahrenheit. Synonym: Positive, peremptory, certain, unconditional, unlimited, unrestricted, unqualified, arbitrary, despotic, autocratic. Origin: L. Absolutus, p. P. Of absolvere: cf. F. Absolu. See Absolve. In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolute

absinthes
absinthe oil
absinthial
absinthian
absinthiate
absinthiated
absinthic
absinthin
absinthism
absinthium
absinthol
absinths
absit
absits
absolute (current term)
absolute (current term)
absolutely
absoluteness
absolutenesses
absoluter
absolutes
absolutest
absolute agraphia
absolute alcohol
absolute alcohol
absolute CD4 count
absolute ceiling
absolute configuration
absolute dehydration
absolute eosinophil count

Other Resources:

Search for Absolute on Dictionary.com!Search for Absolute on Thesaurus.com!Search for Absolute on Google!Search for Absolute on Wikipedia!

Search