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absolute value

  1. the magnitude of a real number, disregarding its positive or negative sign the absolute value of -4 or +4, written |-4| or |+4|, is 4
  2. the magnitude of a complex number; modulus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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