Absolute may refer to:

Companies

Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was an American Video game publisher, video game publishing company. Through its video game developer, development house, Imagineering (company), Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 260 ...

, a video game publisher *

Absolute Radio Absolute Radio is a British National radio station owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Absolute Radio Network. It broadcasts nationally across the UK via Digital audio broadcasting and on 1215 kHz MW. History 1993–1997: Virg ...

, (formerly Virgin Radio), independent national radio station in the UK * Absolute Software Corporation, specializes in security and data risk management * Absolut Vodka, 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 In mathematics, the absolute value or modulus of a real number x, is the non-negative value without regard to its sign. Namely, , x, =x if is a positive number, and , x, =-x if x is negative (in which case negating x makes -x positive), an ...

, 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 Absolute zero is the lowest limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale, a state at which the enthalpy and entropy of a cooled ideal gas reach their minimum value, taken as zero kelvin. The fundamental particles of nature have minimum vibration ...

, 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 structur ...

in mathematical logic

Music

Absolute (production team) Absolute are a British music production team responsible for a number of hits in the 1990s and the 2000s. History Formed in 1988 by University of Bristol friends Paul Wilson and Andy Watkins, Absolute initially existed under the name ‘Bristol Ba ...

, a British music writing and production team *

Absolute (record compilation) Absolute is the brand of a long-running series of compilation albums owned by the Swedish record company EVA Records. Initially, the only albums in the series were called ''Absolute Music'', but starting in 1990 there have been other themed album ...

, 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 Kublai ; Mongolian script: ; (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder of the Yuan dynasty of China and the fifth khagan-emperor of th ...

, 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, 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 Absolute idealism is an ontologically monistic philosophy chiefly associated with G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Schelling, both of whom were German idealist philosophers in the 19th century. The label has also been attached to others such as Josi ...

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