abs
/æbz/
abs is the abbreviation of abstract.
abs is the acronym of absolute temperature.
abs is the initialism of absolute value function.
abs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ab.
Meaning of abstract
Adjective
abstract (comparative more abstract or abstracter, superlative most abstract or abstractest)
- Derived; extracted.
- Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
- The more abstract we are from the body ... the more fit we shall be to behold divine light.17th century, John Norris (philosopher), The Oxford Dictionary
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Her new film is an abstract piece, combining elements of magic realism, flashbacks, and animation but with very little in terms of plot construction.
- Synonyms:
- conceptual, ideal, imaginary, incorporeal, intangible, nonempirical, theoretical
- Insufficiently factual.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy),[…]1999, Nicholas Walker, “The Reorientation of Critical Theory: Habermas”, in Simon Glemdinning, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 489
- As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
Meaning of absolute temperature
Noun
absolute temperature (plural absolute temperatures)
- Thermodynamic temperature; temperature measured on an absolute scale such as the Kelvin scale.
Noun (1)
abs
Noun (2) capitalized: ABS
ABS
- Initialism of antilock braking system.
- Initialism of all-black stuff: i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, referring to the black color of the waste water.
- plumbing Pipes composed of this plastic.
- Initialism of asset-backed security or asset-backed securities.
- Initialism of automatic block signaling.
- Initialism of auto-brewery syndrome.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: ABS
ABS
- Initialism of Automated Ball-Strike System.
- Initialism of Arch build system.
- Initialism of Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- Ellipsis of ABS-CBN.
Noun (3) capitalized: Abs
Abs
- plural of Ab
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Abs
Abs
- plural of Ab
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Abs
Abs
- A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.
Noun (4) capitalized: ABs
ABs
- plural of AB
- All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby team.
Synonyms of abs
Forms of abs
| alternative form | Abbs |
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Origin of abs
From Ab + -s (plural suffix).
Clipping of Abigail + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Words formed from abs
Phrases with abs
Words that rhyme with abs
Questions about abs
- What does abs mean?
- Abs means the abdominal muscles; plural of ab.
- What is abs the abbreviation of?
- Abs is the abbreviation of abstract.
- What part of speech is abs?
- Abs can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce abs?
- Abs is pronounced /æbz/.
Words near abs in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: abs (page history and authors); ABS (page history and authors); Abs (page history and authors); ABs (page history and authors); abstract (page history and authors); absolute temperature (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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