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There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you.
Charles Dudley Warner

Meaning of "absolute value" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ABSOLUTE VALUE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABSOLUTE VALUE

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Absolute value is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ABSOLUTE VALUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Absolute value

In mathematics, the absolute value x of a real number x is the non-negative value of x without regard to its sign. Namely, x = x for a positive x, x = −x for a negative x, and 0 = 0. For example, the absolute value of 3 is 3, and the absolute value of −3 is also 3. The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from zero. Generalisations of the absolute value for real numbers occur in a wide variety of mathematical settings. For example an absolute value is also defined for the complex numbers, the quaternions, ordered rings, fields and vector spaces. The absolute value is closely related to the notions of magnitude, distance, and norm in various mathematical and physical contexts.

Definition of absolute value in the English dictionary

The definition of absolute value in the dictionary is the positive real number equal to a given real but disregarding its sign. Written | x |. Where r is positive, | r | = r = | – r |. Other definition of absolute value is Also called: modulus. a measure of the magnitude of a complex number, represented by the length of a line in the Argand diagram: |x + i y | = √, so | 4 + 3i | = 5.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABSOLUTE VALUE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ABSOLUTE VALUE

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Synonyms and antonyms of absolute value in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «absolute value» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABSOLUTE VALUE

Find out the translation of absolute value to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of absolute value from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «absolute value» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绝对值
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

valor absoluto
570 millions of speakers

English

absolute value
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निरपेक्ष मूल्य
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

القيمة المطلقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

абсолютное значение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

valor absoluto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরম মান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

valeur absolue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

nilai mutlak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Absolutwert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

絶対値
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

절대 값
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nilai absolut
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

giá trị tuyệt đối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துல்லியமான மதிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परिपूर्ण मूल्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mutlak değer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

valore assoluto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wartość bezwzględna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

абсолютне значення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

valoare absolută
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

απόλυτη τιμή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

absolute waarde
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

absolutvärde
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

absoluttverdien
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about absolute value

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QUOTES WITH «ABSOLUTE VALUE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word absolute value.
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Charles Dudley Warner
There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABSOLUTE VALUE»

Discover the use of absolute value in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to absolute value and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Absolute Value of Mike
When his dad sends him to live with distant relatives in rural Pennsylvania for the summer to work on an engineering project, Mike figures this is his big chance to prove himself.
Kathryn Erskine, 2011
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Number Theory: An Introduction to Mathematics
Proposition 21 Let F be a complete field with respect to the absolute value | | and let the field E be a finite extension of F. Then there is at most one extension of the absolute value on F to an absolute value on E, and E is necessarily complete ...
W.A. Coppel, 2009
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The Anatomy of Buzz: How to Create Word of Mouth Marketing
With The Anatomy of Buzz, business leaders have what they need to start the buzz and reignite excitement about a product or service stalled in a holding pattern, or launch a new product into the stratosphere. From the Hardcover edition.
Emanuel Rosen, 2002
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Roadmap to the California High School Exit Exam: Mathematics
GRADE 7—N UMBER SENSE STANDARD 2.5: “UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF A NUMBER; INTERPRET THE ABSOLUTE VALUE AS THE DISTANCE OF THE NUMBER FROM ZERO ON A NUMBER LINE; ...
James Flynn, 2004
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Algebra
The discussion touched upon absolute value in Chapter 2. The distance from 0 that a number is on the number line is known as its absolute value. It is a concept that is one of the underpinnings of working with equations and inequalities of a ...
David Alan Herzog, 2008
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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
3.7 Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities Why You Should Learn It Absolute value equations and inequalities can be used to model and solve real-life problems. For instance, in Exercise 92 on page 205, you will use an absolute value ...
Ron Larson, 2009
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An Invitation to Arithmetic Geometry
7. Archimedian absolute values and the product formula In this section, we study the absolute values of a field K that are not attached, as in Lemma 6.6, to any valuations of A". By definition, any absolute value | |„ satisfies the triangle inequality: ...
Dino Lorenzini
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p-adic Numbers: An Introduction
Give an example of a norm on K which is not an absolute value. Can you arrange things in your example so that the norm gives the same as the 5-adic absolute value when computed on elements of Qs? A very important fact follows from the ...
Fernando Gouvea, 1997
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Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions
starting point the doctrine of an absolute value, to be precise, the one that holds a key place in his religious system and that seems for Christianity (for any kind of genuine monotheism whatever) no less an arrogant assumption than does the ...
Pope Benedict XVI, 2004
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Texas TAKS 8th Grade Mathematics
The absolute value of a, I a I, is defined as: I a I = a when a > 0, I a I = - a when a < 0, I a I = 0 when a = 0. When the definition of absolute value is applied to an equation, the quantity within the absolute value symbol is considered to have two  ...
Stephen Hearne, Penny Luczak, Research and Education Association, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABSOLUTE VALUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term absolute value is used in the context of the following news items.
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China's vaulting ambitions for gas usage
... compared to coal's 66 per cent and oil's 20 per cent, the absolute value of consumption remains substantial, especially over the last decade. «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
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Unstalled projects reaching critical mass but new investments slow …
Mumbai: The absolute value of stalled projects and the ratio of these projects to overall projects have fallen for the fifth consecutive quarter, ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
3
Mexico: Publication By The Mexican Federal Economic Competition …
(iii) the delta of the IHH is between 100 and 150 points, the absolute value of the IHH after giving effect to the proposed merger lays between ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
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Economy picking up; need more reforms for strong growth …
"We are committed to a steady expansion in the absolute value of FII (foreign institutional investor) participation." Overseas ownership of Indian ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
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The unemployment rate is the 'Big Lie'
Its the movement that counts, not the absolute value. seannovack. No Jim, there is a reason for the movement in the U3 is that the index isn't ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jul 15»
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Healthier RTE cereals exist but consumers aren't eating them: Study
... that is negative and larger in absolute value; indicating that healthy foods are available at significantly fewer stores than unhealthy varieties. «BakeryAndSnacks.com, Jul 15»
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A comparison of genomic selection models across time in interior …
Pearson product-moment correlation was used to assess the linear relationship between the absolute value of marker effects in the three ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Silver's About To Get Volatile
To quantify the volatility the following chart shows the (absolute value of) percent deviation from silver's 200 day moving average. A spike ... «Investing.com, Jun 15»
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Spendthrift in Australia: New market, familiar emphasis on value
The Golden Slipper winner seems to have a nearly absolute value of $35 million to $40 million. The colt that wins…has tremendous value as a ... «Thoroughbred Racing Commentary, Jun 15»
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High-harmonic generation: Drive round the twist
Furthermore, the absolute value of the HHG-maximizing ellipticity at a certain harmonic order (proportional to the emitted photon energy) ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»

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