In civilian telecommunications, outside plant refers to all of the physical cabling and supporting infrastructure (such as conduit, cabinets, tower or poles), and any associated hardware (such as repeaters) located between a demarcation point in a switching facility and a demarcation point in another switching center or customer premises.
in absentia. In absentia is defined as in absence, or even though not present. An example of in absentia is a masterâs degree presented even though the student couldnât attend the graduation ceremony. in absentia. in absentia.
Silence is a complete absence of sound, or not talking, or not talking about a specific issue. 1  When everyone refuses to talk about a scandal, this is an example of a time when there is silence on the scandal.