Dec-30th-2008
Absolute Measurement
Measurement based upon the centimeter, gram, and second. (See Centimeter-Gram-Second System.)
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Dec-30th-2008
Absolute. adj.
In quantities it may be defined as referring to fixed units of quantity, and it is opposed to “relative,” which merely refers to the relation of several things to each other. Thus the relative resistance of one wire may be n times that of another; its absolute resistance might be 5 ohms,
when the absolute resistance [...]
Dec-30th-2008
A
Abbreviation for anode, employed in text relating to
electro-therapeutics. It is sometimes written An.