absolute
ab•so•lute (ab´sə lōt , ab sə lōt´) adj.
[[ME absolut < L absolutus, pp. of absolvere, to loosen from: see ]]
1 perfect; complete; whole [absolute silence]
2 not mixed; pure [absolute alcohol]
3 not limited by a constitution, parliament, etc.; unrestricted [an absolute ruler]
4 positive; definite [an absolute certainty]
5 not doubted; actual; real [an absolute truth]
6 not dependent on, or without reference to, anything else; not relative
7 Gram
a) forming part of a sentence, but not in the usual relations of syntax
b) used without an explicit object
c) used alone, with the noun understood
8 Law without condition or encumbrance [absolute ownership]
9 Physics of the absolute temperature scale
–n. something that is absoulte -the Absolute Philos. ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
–ab´•so
