Rather similar, seemingly absurd infinities occur in the other partial theories, but in all these cases the infinities can be canceled out by a process called renormalization.

He gave General Hilldring the seemingly absurd task of preparing military governments for Germany and Japan after Allied conquest and occupation.

In the other script, used in five encounters, the reporter added a seemingly absurd explanation: "Excuse me, may I have your seat?

The seemingly absurd can turn out to be the eminently practical.

Although Commissioner Landis refused to back down on his enforcement of the rule, he did repeal the seemingly absurd rule by the end of the 1922 season.

A similar argument could lead to the seemingly absurd conclusion that the sun is as likely to rise as to not rise tomorrow morning.

He responds quickly in a seemingly absurd fashion.

The peers scoff at the seemingly absurd claim that Iolanthe is Strephon's mother ("She is, has been, my mother from my birth").

But someone will always come up with reasons why seemingly absurd asset prices make sense.

Mr. Herling was arrested by Stalin's secret police, thrown into a crowded prison and confronted by officers who hurled seemingly absurd accusations at him.