abs

See also: Abs, ABs, ABS, abs., Abs., ABŞ, A♭s, and abs-

Translingual

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of English Ambonese.

Symbol

abs

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ambonese Malay.

Etymology 2

Clipping of English absolute value.

Symbol

abs

(mathematics) absolute value
Synonym: | |

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æbz/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -æbz

Adjective

abs

Abbreviation of abstract.

Noun

abs

(informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[1]
Acronym of absolute temperature.
(mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

Usage notes

(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.

Synonyms

Derived terms

washboard abs

Translations

abdominal muscles

Dutch: buikspieren (nl)
Esperanto: ventromuskoloj pl
Finnish: vatsalihakset pl
French: abdos (fr) m pl
German: Bauchmuskeln (de)
Korean: 복근 (ko) (boggeun)
Russian: пресс (ru) m (press)
Swedish: magmuskler (sv) c pl

absolute function

Dutch: abs
Finnish: abs (fi), itseisarvo (fi)
Swedish: abs, absolutbelopp (sv) n, absolutvärde n

Verb

abs

third-person singular simple present indicative of ab

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abs”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

Anagrams

B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, sab, sab., B. A. S., Bas, BAS, Sab., SAB, bas, ASB, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aps, variant of *ap (see ab). Compare Ancient Greek ἄψ (áps, “back again; in return”). Originally used before words starting in voiceless plosives [k] and [t], just like the prefix variant abs-.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaps]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈabs]

Preposition

abs (+ ablative)

(Old Latin) alternative form of ab
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam 1.16:
  Quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

This form is used almost exclusively with the second-person ablative singular pronoun (tē) in Old Latin up until the late Republican period as an archaicism, with Cicero switching between abs tē and ā tē until the latter won out in the final years of his life. The variant most likely became obsolete at the latest by the Augustan period.
Older Latin authors have used this preposition with the possessive (tuus) also, albeit rarely.

Livonian

Noun

abs

inessive singular of ab

Portuguese

Etymology

Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).

Noun

abs m pl (plural only)

(Internet slang, text messaging) hugs
- 2014, Mônica d'Olliveira, Rodopios: Antologia, Editora Filhos do Vento, →ISBN, page 19:
  Te cutuco no FB
  Pq quero
  Abs e bjs
  I poke u on FB
  Cuz I want
  X’s & o’s

Interjection

abs

(Internet slang, text messaging) used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging
Synonym: bjs

Scots

Noun

abs

plural of ab

[1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abs”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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