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 | | The prefix ab- or abs- is derived from the Latin prefix ab-, which means "off", "away", or "from" and usually expresses removing, separation, or a lower value. |
 | | According to the Oxford English Dictionary, English words beginning in ab- were originally carried directly through from Old French, as abuse, or appropriated from more modern French, as absorb. |
 | | The prefix ab- is also used to indicate "absolute" in units used in electromagnetism, such as abhenry for inductance, abohm for resistance and abvolt for potential. |
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