| absolute leukocytosis | An actual increase in the total number of leukocytes in the circulating blood, as distinguished from a relative increase (such as that observed in dehydration). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| absolute oils | Essential oils that are obtained by the removal of insoluble compounds from concrete oils. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute pressure | Pressure measured with respect to zero pressure. Compare: gauge pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute refractory period | The period following excitation when no response is possible regardless of the intensity of the stimulus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute risk | <statistics> The excess risk due to exposure to a specific hazard (disease, injury, etc.) (15 Jan 1998) |
| absolute scale | An obsolete term for Kelvin scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute scotoma | A scotoma in which there is no perception of light. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute system of units | A system based on absolute units accepted as being fundamental (length, mass, time) and from which other units (force, energy or work, power) are derived; such system's in common use are the foot-pound-second, centimeter-gram-second, and meter-kilogram-second system's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute temperature | Temperature reckoned in Kelvins from absolute zero. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute terminal innervation ratio | The number of motor endplates divided by the number of terminal axons related to them. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute threshold | The lowest limit of any perception whatever. Compare: differential threshold. Synonym: stimulus threshold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute unit | A unit whose value is constant regardless of place or time and not derived from dependent on gravitation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute viscosity | Force per unit area applied tangentially to a fluid, causing unit rate of displacement of parallel planes separated by a unit distance; units in CGS system: poise. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute zero | <chemistry, physics> This is the lowest possible temperature (0 Kelvin, -273.15 degrees Celsius, -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit). at this temperature, all molecular motion stops. (15 Jan 1998) |
| absolution | 1. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. "Government . . . Granting absolution to the nation." 2. An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. 3. The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven. In the English and other Protestant churches, this act regarded as simply declaratory, not as imparting forgiveness. 4. An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, for example, excommunication. 5. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. 6. Delivery, in speech. Absolution day, Tuesday before Easter. Origin: F. Absolution, L. Absolutio, fr. Absolvere to absolve. See Absolve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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absorbent: having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge"
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| abstinence |
the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
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consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically pilfer: make off with belongings of others existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" abstraction: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example" not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting" outline: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory give an abstract (of) dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"
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a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" the act of withdrawing or removing something the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances an abstract painting abstractedness: preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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| abscess |
symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
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| ABS | not capable of being violated or infringed |
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| ABS | complete and without restriction or qualification |
| ABS | without conditions or limitations |
| ABS | not limited by law |
| ABS | expressing finality with no implication of possible change |
| ABS | pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water) |
| ABS | the maximum altitude at which an air plane can maintain horizontal flight |
| ABS | the number of observations in a given statistical category |
| ABS | (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth |
| ABS | (in an election) more than half of the votes |
| ABS | the ability to identify the pitch of a tone |
| ABS | a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees |