The distance from the number to zero (or the distance from zero to the number). Ignore the fact than one measure is positive and the other negative.
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the absolute value
Absolute Value
The absolute value is a number's distance from zero on a number line. Therefore the absolute value of -31 is 31.
Absolute value is a number's distance from zero on the number line.
That is called the "absolute value" of a number.