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absolute value
[ ab-suh-loot val-yoo ]
noun
- Also called nu路mer路i路cal val路ue [noo-, mer, -i-k, uh, l , val, -yoo, nyoo-]. the magnitude of a quantity, irrespective of sign; the distance of a quantity from zero. The absolute value of a number is symbolized by two vertical lines, as |3| or |鈭3| is equal to 3.
- the square root of the sum of the squares of the real and imaginary parts of a given complex number, as |a + b i | is equal to 顎.
absolute value
noun
- the positive real number equal to a given real but disregarding its sign. Written | x |. Where r is positive, | r | = r = | 鈥 r |
- Also calledmodulus a measure of the magnitude of a complex number, represented by the length of a line in the Argand diagram: | x + i y | = 鈭( x 虏 + y 虏), so | 4 + 3i | = 5
absolute value
- The value of a number without regard to its sign. For example, the absolute value of +3 (written 鈥+3鈥) and the absolute value of 鈭3 (written 鈥栤垝3鈥) are both 3.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of absolute value1
Example Sentences
In his annual letter to investors, the outspoken venture capitalist wrote about how rising interest rates caused 鈥渁bsolute value destruction鈥 among money-losing start-ups, like the ones he had invested in.
鈥淥h, really? Well, if x is greater than or equal to zero, then x to the fourth power minus six times x squared plus nine equals the absolute value of x squared minus three.鈥
Alberto M煤nera, a theology professor and Jesuit priest at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogot谩, lectures his students on the 鈥渆xceptions鈥 to the 鈥渁bsolute value of human life鈥 in church teaching.
However, China鈥檚 transaction volume with illicit addresses has fallen drastically over the two-year period in terms of absolute value and relative to other countries, Chainalysis said.
From the standpoint of the absolute value of secularism, 鈥渋t doesn鈥檛 conform to his obligation to be neutral,鈥 Ms. Lorcerie said.
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