Absolute may refer to:

Companies

Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was an American video game publishing company. Through its development house, Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega CD, G ...

, a video game publisher *

Absolute Radio Absolute Radio is a British Independent National Radio, National radio station owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK, Bauer as part of the Absolute Radio Network. It broadcasts nationally across the UK via Digital audio broadcasting and ...

, (formerly Virgin Radio), independent national radio station in the UK * Absolute Software Corporation, specializes in security and data risk management *

Absolut Vodka Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, produced near Åhus, in southern Sweden. Absolut is a part of the French group Pernod Ricard. Pernod Ricard bought Absolut for €5.63 billion in 2008 from the Swedish state. Absolut is one of the largest brand ...

, a brand of Swedish vodka

Mathematics and science

Absolute (geometry) Absolute may refer to: Companies * Absolute Entertainment, a video game publisher * Absolute Radio, (formerly Virgin Radio), independent national radio station in the UK * Absolute Software Corporation, specializes in security and data risk manage ...

, the quadric at infinity *

Absolute (perfumery) Used in perfumery and aromatherapy, absolutes are similar to essential oils. They are concentrated, highly aromatic, oily mixtures extracted from plants. Whereas essential oils are produced by distillation, boiling or pressing, absolutes are produ ...

, a fragrance substance produced by solvent extraction * Absolute magnitude, the brightness of a star * Absolute value, a notion in mathematics, commonly a number's numerical value without regard to its sign * Absolute temperature, a temperature on the thermodynamic temperature scale * Absolute zero, the lower limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale, -273.15 °C *

Absoluteness In mathematical logic, a formula is said to be absolute to some class of structures (also called models), if it has the same truth value in each of the members of that class. One can also speak of absoluteness of a formula ''between'' two struct ...

in mathematical logic

Music

* Absolute (production team), a British music writing and production team * Absolute (record compilation), a brand of compilation albums from EVA Records * ''Absolute'' (Aion album), 1994 * ''Absolute'' (Time-Life album), an R&B compilation, 2003 * ''The Absolute'' (album), by Ace Augustine, 2011 * ''Absolute'', an album by Kublai Khan, 2019 * ''Absolute'', an album by the Scientists, 1991 * "Absolute", a song by the Fray from '' The Fray'', 2009 *

Absolute (song) "Absolute" is the eighth single released by British pop band Scritti Politti, released on 29 May 1984 by Virgin Records in the UK. It later appeared on the studio album '' Cupid & Psyche 85'' (released in June 1985) and was produced by Arif Mar ...

, a 1985 song by Scritti Politti

Politics and law

Absolute defence In law, an absolute defence (or defense) is a factual circumstance or argument that, if proven, will end the litigation in favor of the defendant. The concept of an absolute defence is not a rigid one. Statutes frequently use the term merely ...

, a factual circumstance or argument that, if proven, will end the litigation in favor of the defendant * Absolute liability, a standard of legal liability found in tort and criminal law of various legal jurisdictions *

Absolute monarchy Absolute monarchy (or Absolutism as a doctrine) is a form of monarchy in which the monarch rules in their own right or power. In an absolute monarchy, the king or queen is by no means limited and has absolute power, though a limited constituti ...

, a monarchical form of government in which the monarch's powers are not limited by a constitution or by the law * Absolute majority, a majority of the membership of a group

Philosophy and theology

* Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel#Absolute spirit, a concept in philosophy * Absolute idealism

Other

* Absolute construction, a grammatical construction used in certain languages * Absolute Manage, a systems lifecycle management software suite * ''The Absolute'' (novel), a book in the ''Animorphs'' series * DC Comics Absolute Edition, a line of high-end comic book reprints * Absolute Press, an imprint of