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absement

/ˈæb.s(ə).mənt/

absement noun: a measure of sustained displacement of an object from its initial position; the time-integral of displacement.

Noun

absement (countable and uncountable, plural absements)

  1. A measure of sustained displacement of an object from its initial position; the time-integral of displacement.
    • We present a musical keyboard that is not only velocity-sensitive, but in fact responds to absement (presement), displacement (placement), velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, etc. (i.e. to all the derivatives, as well as the integral, of displacement).2006 October 23, Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Mark Post, “Hydraulophone design considerations: absement, displacement, and velocity-sensitive music keyboard in which each key is a water jet”, in MM '06...
    • Mathematical parallelisms between mem-dashpots and mem-springs were recognized and exploited, but physical differences and the newness of mem-springs led to the realization that these newer models deserve deeper study, in part because of a little-studied quantity called absement which allows...2015 February 7, Jin-Song Pei, Joseph P. Wright, Michael D. Todd, Sami F. Masri, François Gay-Balmaz, “Understanding memristors and memcapacitors in engineering mechanics applications”, in Nonlinear...

Forms of absement

pluralabsements

Origin of absement

Blend of absence + displacement.

Questions about absement

What does absement mean?
Absement means a measure of sustained displacement of an object from its initial position; the time-integral of displacement.
What part of speech is absement?
Absement is a noun.
How do you pronounce absement?
Absement is pronounced /ˈæb.s(ə).mənt/.
What is the plural of absement?
The plural of absement is absements.

Words near absement in the dictionary

  1. abseiler
  2. abseilers
  3. abseiling
  4. abseilings
  5. abseils
  6. absement
  7. absements
  8. absence
  9. absence makes the heart fonder
  10. absence makes the heart go yonder
  11. absence makes the heart grow fonder

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