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.
1. the state of being absent. 2. failure to be present. 3. the time interval during which something or somebody is away. 4. epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities) Familiarity information: ABSENCE used as a noun is uncommon.