(philosophy) That which is totally unconditioned, unrestricted, pure, perfect, or complete; that which can be thought of without relation to others.
That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated.
(geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
(chemistry) A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.
An adjective "absolute" represents being unrestricted, unconditional, and characteristic of an absolutist ruler.
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
(especially philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
(physics) An adjective "absolute" refers to something that is independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties and is derived from fundamental units of mass, time, and length or relates to the absolute temperature scale.
(grammar) An adjective "absolute" is not immediately dependent on other parts of the sentence, can be syntactically connected in atypical ways, lacks a modified substantive, expresses a relative term without a definite comparison, is positive in form, can be used without a direct object, and pertains to an inflected verb in celtic languages.
(mathematics) As measured using an absolute value.
(mathematics) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
(art, music, dance) Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
(law, postpositive, formal) Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on any occurrence or certain kinds of occurrence.