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.
Absentia is Latin for absence. In absentia, a legal term, is Latin for in the absence or while absent. (In) absentia may also refer to: Award in absentia. Declared death in absentia. Election in absentia.
absence late 14c., from O.Fr. absence, from L. absentia, from absens, prp. of abesse be away, from ab- away + esse to be.Absence makes the heart grow fonder Example Sentences for absence Milza was the first to observe that her absence was unusually protracted. Then came that man, he filled her heart with illusions, and took her away in my absence. Decidedly, Dick had been a godsend, and his absence would be a calamity. I should never have comfort but in his absence, or when I was quarreling with him.