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One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coördinate axes.

The act or process of cutting off. "Not to be cured without the abscission of a member." Jer. Taylor.

To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. The marmot absconds all winter. Ray.

Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding. [R.] Phillips.

One who absconds.

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12.

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. "Expecting absent friends." Shak.

Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.

Pertaining to absence. [Obs.]

The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton.

One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay.

The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

One who absents one's self.

In an absent or abstracted manner.

The state of being absent; withdrawal. [R.] Barrow.

The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller.

An A-B-C book; a primer. [Obs.] Shak.

A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.

The plant absinthium or common wormwood.

Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.