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.
Absent(adj) not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent. Absent(adj) inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air. Absent(verb) to take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.