plural of absolute idealism

(law) A diriment impediment that prevents a person from marrying, but does not require punishment or an annulment.

(railway) A system of managing trains that breaks the line into small segments, and if a train is in a segment, no other train may follow, unless the second train is following the first, with caution.

plural of absolute impediment

(mathematics) Of an infinite series, convergent even if the absolute value is taken of each term; a stronger condition than ordinary convergence.

plural of absolute majority

(philosophy) A philosophy originally developed by certain German idealists such as Hegel and Schelling, which affirms that reality is grounded in cognition as a single, fundamental and unlimited principle of being that unites subject and object.

(rare) to sum the indeterminate state and the determinate state in one term / to denote the only state not construct state as in the binary state system of Ugaritic

A state with absolute sovereignty and authority, in contrast with e.g. a feudal state. / A particularly dishevelled, sorry or contemptible condition.

(philosophy) The Platonic form of the supreme idea in which all other ideas participate. / The subject object relation.