(a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
(a.) Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
(a.) Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
(a.) Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
(a.) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
(a.) Authoritative; peremptory.
(a.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
(a.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.
(n.) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
Example Sentences:
(1) The absolute recoveries of diazepam, nordazepam and flurazepam in human milk were 84, 86 and 92% and in human plasma 97, 89 and 94%, respectively.
(2) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
(3) No relationship was found with the absolute value of either peak or area GH.
(4) The guanethidine treatment resulted in an 86% absolute reduction in cell number in the superior cervical ganglia of 15 day old rats.
(5) The absolute level of ventilatory capacity resembles that of Nepalese children and differs from that of some other groups.
(6) Lipoprotein electrophoresis on agarose gel has been modified to allow estimation of the absolute quantity of each fraction.
(7) Paired tolbutamide and glucose infusions using a square wave technique demonstrated that although early phase insulin secretion is dimished in the fetus, this is not due to an absolute deficiency of stored insulin.
(8) Significant differences in the pharmacological characteristics of the alpha 2 adrenoceptor were observed between the tissues with reference to both absolute drug affinities as well as rank order of drug potency.
(9) This stimulation is mediated by one receptor with an apparent affinity of 3.3 X 10(-6) M. The hydroxyl group in the para position on phenylethanolamine was absolutely necessary to obtain an agonist whereas the meta hydroxyl group or the presence of a catechol almost suppressed the activity.
(10) The early absolute but transient dependence of these A-MuLV mast cell transformants on a fibroblast feeder suggests a multistep process in their evolution, in which the acquisition of autonomy from factors of mesenchymal cell origin may play an important role.
(11) From this it is clear that either an absolute increase in radiographic density or structural failure are the earliest radiological features.
(12) So far, attempts to produce linolenic acid deficiency in mammals have not revealed an absolute requirement for n-3 fatty acids.
(13) "We absolutely regret the setbacks Kim Dotcom has had since MegaUpload was taken offline, but we hope he as an entrepreneur will understand our side of the story and the decisions deliberately taken."
(14) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
(15) The prime minister said: “I am taking absolutely nothing for granted.
(16) DR(+) cells, however, showed no change in percentage and a lesser drop in absolute numbers, suggesting an increase with advancing disease of DR(+), Ig(-) null cells, which may represent immature B cell precursors.
(17) The wide variation in potency explains the variation found in absolute bioavailability, and the increase in release rate when the pellets are crushed explains the differences seen in peak plasma times, since the pellets will be chewed to varying degrees by the horse.
(18) Methods are in development that will allow determination of absolute blood flow in pertinent vessels via IV-DSA.
(19) When using pair stimula, barbamil shortens the period of absolute nonexcitation and the second phase of depression in the cycle of restituted H-reflexes to the second stimula in the pair.
(20) Immune complex- and A23187-induced 20:4 release was absolutely dependent on extracellular Ca2+.
Unrivaled
Definition:
(a.) Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless.
Example Sentences:
(1) Brian McKeon, a senior Pentagon policy official, defended Lewis’ efficacy to the Guardian, citing his “bipartisan experience and unrivaled expertise” on Guantánamo matters gained from his prior stint as a congressional aide.
(2) The described assay is unrivaled in simplicity, rapidity, and reproducibility and generates results for a large number of samples within hours.
(3) For procedures of the upper respiratory tract, it is unrivaled by the synthetic anesthetics.
(4) As part of the package, EA gets its branding on match and player performance statistics for the League, and also receives unrivaled access to the teams and players.
(5) The scrutiny over Facebook’s treatment of editorial content has been intensifying for months, reflecting the site’s unrivaled power and influence in distributing news alongside everything else its users share on the site.
(6) Much of the new information builds on what already has been established by MR imaging, namely its unrivaled position in staging musculoskeletal tumors and demonstrating the extent of marrow disease.
(7) For depiction of soft-tissue masses, MR imaging is unrivaled.
(8) International inspectors will enjoy unrivaled access to all nuclear sites and Iran’s program will be monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
(9) Moreover, the primate visual system exhibits a degree of precision in the specification of the nasotemporal division unrivaled among the mammalian species studied to date.
(10) The Habs have lifted the Cup an unrivaled 24 times , but the franchise has failed to recapture the aura and mystique which helped them to win at least one title every seven seasons for 45 years - now it’s been over two decades since their fans gathered throughout Quebec to celebrate the ultimate victory.
(11) Although extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber lens technology is of unrivaled safety and efficacy, the following aspects command considerable attention: chronic postoperative inflammation, inhibition of posterior capsular opacification, facilitation of YAG-laser posterior capsulectomy, prevention of ultraviolet radiation exposure, and sulcus versus capsular-bag fixation of posterior chamber lenses.