absement

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈæb.s(ə).mənt/

Definition of absement

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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).”
    “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 mem-spring models to display hysteretic response in great abundance.”
    “Introducing the absement of the structure A(t)#92;equiv#92;int#95;#123;0#125;#123;t#125;u(#92;tau)d#92;tau Eq. (2) can be transformed to be #92;ddot#123;A#125;(t)#43;2#92;zeta#95;s#92;omega#95;s#92;dot#123;A#125;(t)#43;#92;omega#95;s²ᴬ(t)#61;-#92;dot#123;u#125;#95;g(t) (3)”

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Etymology

Blend of absence + displacement.

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