absements

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...