absolute value
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈvæl.ju/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈvæl.ju/
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.
- French: valeur absolue
- German: Absolutwert, Betrag
- Italian: valore assoluto
- Portuguese: valor absoluto
- Russian: абсолю́тная величина́
- Spanish: valor absoluto
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