Absolute may refer to:
Companies
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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
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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
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Absolute Software Corporation, specializes in security and data risk management
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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
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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
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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
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Absolute magnitude
Absolute magnitude () is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale. An object's absolute magnitude is defined to be equal to the apparent magnitude that the object would have if it we ...
, the brightness of a star
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Absolute value, a notion in mathematics, commonly a number's numerical value without regard to its sign
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Absolute temperature
Thermodynamic temperature is a quantity defined in thermodynamics as distinct from kinetic theory or statistical mechanics.
Historically, thermodynamic temperature was defined by Kelvin in terms of a macroscopic relation between thermodynamic ...
, a temperature on the thermodynamic temperature scale
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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 vibrati ...
, the lower limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale, -273.15 °C
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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
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Absolute (production team), a British music writing and production team
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Absolute (record compilation), a brand of compilation albums from EVA Records
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''Absolute'' (Aion album), 1994
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''Absolute'' (Time-Life album), an R&B compilation, 2003
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''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 the ...
, 2019
* ''Absolute'', an album by
the Scientists
The Scientists is a post-punk band from Perth, Western Australia, led by Kim Salmon, initially known as the Exterminators and then the Invaders. The band had two primary incarnations: the Perth-based punk band of the late 1970s and the Sydn ...
, 1991
* "Absolute", a song by the Fray from ''
The Fray
The Fray is an American rock band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2002 by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King. Their debut album, '' How to Save a Life'' released in 2005, was certified double platinum by the RIAA and platinum in Australi ...
'', 2009
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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
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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
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Absolute liability
Absolute liability is a standard of legal liability found in tort and criminal law of various legal jurisdictions.
To be convicted of an ordinary crime, in certain jurisdictions, a person must not only have committed a criminal action but also h ...
, a standard of legal liability found in tort and criminal law of various legal jurisdictions
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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
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Absolute majority
A supermajority, supra-majority, qualified majority, or special majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority r ...
, a majority of the membership of a group
Philosophy and theology
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel#Absolute spirit, a concept in philosophy
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Absolute idealism
Other
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Absolute construction In linguistics, an absolute construction is a grammatical construction standing apart from a normal or usual syntactical relation with other words or sentence elements. It can be a non-finite clause that is subordinate in form and modifies an entire ...
, a grammatical construction used in certain languages
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Absolute Manage
HEAT LANrev (formerly Absolute Manage) is systems lifecycle management software used by system administrators to automate IT administration tasks. The product includes server and client ("agent") software that runs on Windows and macOS.
Histor ...
, a systems lifecycle management software suite
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''The Absolute'' (novel), a book in the ''Animorphs'' series
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DC Comics Absolute Edition
DC Comics Absolute Edition is a series of archival quality printings of graphic novels published by DC Comics and its imprints WildStorm Productions and Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo. Each is presented in a hardcover and slipcased edition with clot ...
, a line of high-end comic book reprints
* Absolute Press, an imprint of
Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. It is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. Bloomsbury's head office is located in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has ...
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Taiji (philosophy)
In Chinese philosophy, ''Taiji'' or ''Tai chi'' () is a cosmological term for the "Supreme Ultimate" state of the world and affairs - the interaction of matter and space, the relation of the body and mind. While Wuji is undifferentiated, tim ...
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Hermeticism#God as 'the All'
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Absolutely (disambiguation)
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Absolution (disambiguation)
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Absolutism (disambiguation)
Absolutism may refer to:
Government
* Absolute monarchy, in which a monarch rules free of laws or legally organized opposition
* Absolutism (European history), period c. 1610 – c. 1789 in Europe
** Enlightened absolutism, influenced by the Enl ...
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