absence
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] the state of being absent
Examples "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)In the absence of a truly adequate conceptuality in which the gospel can be expressed , the unavoidable need to demythologize it makes use of whatever resources are at_hand - and this usually means one or another of the various forms of `` folk religion '' current in the situation . (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)It is borne_out also by the absence of any developed theory about how sin passes from one generation to the next . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)This absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass not_only produces greater fidelity , but it eliminates listener fatigue . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)Theoretical studies of the hydrogen_bond generally agree that the **f bond will be linear in the absence of peculiarities of packing in the solid . However , the possible absence of a center of symmetry not_only moves the hydrogen_atom off **f , but also allows the oxygen atoms to become nonequivalent , with **f at **f and **f at **f ( space group **f ) , where **f represents the oxygens on one side of the **f layers and **f those on the other side . Related terms |
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[ noun ] failure to be present
Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The new Council was itself inescapably of political meaning , which was most clearly revealed in the absence of any U.N.F.P. members and the presence of several Istiqlal leaders . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)Psychical blindness is a condition in which there is a total absence of visual memory-images , a condition in which , for_example , one is unable to remember something just seen or to conjure_up a memory-picture of the visible appearance of a well-known friend in his absence . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)She looked at the girl speculatively from eyes which had paled with the years ; from the early evening lights of them which had first startled Izaak to look at her in an uncousinly way , they had faded to a near absence of color which had , possibly from her constant looking_at the water , something of the light of the sea in them . Mark stopped the car and switched_off the lights and they sat looking_at the water , which , there being no moon out , at_first could be distinguished from the sky only by an absence of stars . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)This baffling lack of distinct details recalls the secretary whose employer was leaving the office and told her what to answer if anyone called in his absence . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the time interval during which something or somebody is away
Examples "he visited during my absence" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities)
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