absolute value

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absolute value

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Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈvæl.ju/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈvæl.ju/

Noun

absolute value (plural absolute values)

(mathematics) For a complex number $a+bi$ , the principal square root of the sum of the squares of its real and imaginary parts, ${\sqrt {a^{2}+b^{2}}}$ . Denoted by | |.
The absolute value |x| of a real number x is ${\sqrt {x^{2}}}$ , which is equal to x if x is non-negative, and −x if x is negative.

Synonyms

modulus

Hypernyms

Euclidean norm
- norm

Derived terms

Translations

numerical value of a real number

Arabic: قِيمَة مُطْلَقَة f (qīma muṭlaqa)
Armenian: բացարձակ արժեք (bacʻarjak aržekʻ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 絕對值／绝对值 (zh) (juéduìzhí)
Czech: absolutní hodnota f
Danish: numerisk værdi c
Dutch: absolute waarde (nl) f
Esperanto: absoluta valoro
Finnish: itseisarvo (fi)
French: valeur absolue (fr) f
German: Absolutwert f, Betrag (de) f
Hungarian: abszolút érték (hu)
Italian: valore assoluto (it) m
Japanese: 絶対値 (ja) (ぜったいち, zettaichi)
Korean: 절대값 (ko) (jeoldaegap)
Malay: nilai mutlak
Polish: wartość bezwzględna f
Portuguese: valor absoluto m
Romanian: valoare absolută (ro) f
Russian: абсолю́тная величина́ f (absoljútnaja veličiná)
Spanish: valor absoluto m
Swedish: absolutbelopp (sv) n, belopp (sv) n
Tagalog: halgang wagas

modulus of a complex number

Arabic: قِيمَة مُطْلَقَة f (qīma muṭlaqa)
Dutch: modulus (nl) m
Esperanto: absoluta valoro, modulo
Finnish: itseisarvo (fi), moduli
French: module (fr)
Hungarian: abszolút érték (hu)
Italian: modulo (it) m
Japanese: 絶対値 (ja) (ぜったいち, zettaichi)
Polish: wartość bezwzględna f
Russian: абсолю́тная величина́ f (absoljútnaja veličiná), мо́дуль (ru) m (módulʹ)
Spanish: valor absoluto m
Swedish: absolutbelopp (sv) n, belopp (sv) n, modulus n
Tagalog: halgang wagas

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