Absolute may refer to:

Companies

* Absolute Entertainment, a video game publisher * Absolute Radio, (formerly Virgin Radio), independent national radio station in the UK *

Absolute Software Corporation Absolute Software Corporation is an American-Canadian company that provides products and services in the fields of endpoint security and zero trust security. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Regional offices ...

, specializes in security and data risk management *

Absolut Vodka Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, produced near Åhus, in southern Sweden. Absolut is a part of the French group Pernod Ricard. Pernod Ricard bought Absolut for €5.63 billion in 2008 from the Swedish state. Absolut is one of the largest brands ...

, a brand of Swedish vodka

Mathematics and science

* Absolute (geometry), the quadric at infinity * Absolute (perfumery), a fragrance substance produced by solvent extraction *

Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude () is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale. An object's absolute magnitude is defined to be equal to the apparent magnitude that the object would have if it ...

, the brightness of a star * Absolute value, a notion in mathematics, commonly a number's numerical value without regard to its sign *

Absolute temperature Thermodynamic temperature is a quantity defined in thermodynamics as distinct from kinetic theory or statistical mechanics. Historically, thermodynamic temperature was defined by Kelvin in terms of a macroscopic relation between thermodynamic w ...

, a temperature on the thermodynamic temperature scale * Absolute zero, the lower limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale, -273.15 °C *

Absoluteness In mathematical logic, a formula is said to be absolute to some class of structures (also called models), if it has the same truth value in each of the members of that class. One can also speak of absoluteness of a formula ''between'' two structur ...

in mathematical logic

Music

Absolute (production team) Absolute are a British music production team responsible for a number of hits in the 1990s and the 2000s. History Formed in 1988 by University of Bristol friends Paul Wilson and Andy Watkins, Absolute initially existed under the name ‘Bristol Ba ...

, a British music writing and production team *

Absolute (record compilation) Absolute is the brand of a long-running series of compilation albums owned by the Swedish record company EVA Records. Initially, the only albums in the series were called ''Absolute Music'', but starting in 1990 there have been other themed alb ...

, a brand of compilation albums from EVA Records * ''Absolute'' (Aion album), 1994 * ''Absolute'' (Time-Life album), an R&B compilation, 2003 * ''The Absolute'' (album), by Ace Augustine, 2011 * ''Absolute'', an album by Kublai Khan, 2019 * ''Absolute'', an album by

the Scientists The Scientists is a post-punk band from Perth, Western Australia, led by Kim Salmon, initially known as the Exterminators and then the Invaders. The band had two primary incarnations: the Perth-based punk band of the late 1970s and the Sydne ...

, 1991 * "Absolute", a song by the Fray from ''

The Fray The Fray is an American rock band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2002 by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King. Their debut album, '' How to Save a Life'' released in 2005, was certified double platinum by the RIAA and platinum in Australia ...

'', 2009 * Absolute (song), a 1985 song by Scritti Politti

Politics and law

* Absolute defence, a factual circumstance or argument that, if proven, will end the litigation in favor of the defendant *

Absolute liability Absolute liability is a standard of legal liability found in tort and criminal law of various legal jurisdictions. To be convicted of an ordinary crime, in certain jurisdictions, a person must not only have committed a criminal action but also ha ...

, a standard of legal liability found in tort and criminal law of various legal jurisdictions *

Absolute monarchy Absolute monarchy (or Absolutism (European history), Absolutism as a doctrine) is a form of monarchy in which the monarch rules in their own right or power. In an absolute monarchy, the king or queen is by no means limited and has absolute pow ...

, a monarchical form of government in which the monarch's powers are not limited by a constitution or by the law *

Absolute majority A supermajority, supra-majority, qualified majority, or special majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority r ...

, a majority of the membership of a group

Philosophy and theology

* Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel#Absolute spirit, a concept in philosophy * Absolute idealism

Other

Absolute construction In linguistics, an absolute construction is a grammatical construction standing apart from a normal or usual syntactical relation with other words or sentence elements. It can be a non-finite clause that is subordinate in form and modifies an entire ...

, a grammatical construction used in certain languages *

Absolute Manage HEAT LANrev (formerly Absolute Manage) is systems lifecycle management software used by system administrators to automate IT administration tasks. The product includes server and client ("agent") software that runs on Windows and macOS. Histor ...

, a systems lifecycle management software suite * ''The Absolute'' (novel), a book in the ''Animorphs'' series *

DC Comics Absolute Edition DC Comics Absolute Edition is a series of archival quality printings of graphic novels published by DC Comics and its imprints WildStorm Productions and Vertigo. Each is presented in a hardcover and slipcased edition with cloth bookmark consisting ...