diff --git a/bib/glossaries/symbols/other.bib b/bib/glossaries/symbols/other.bib
index dad9eaf..941b0a8 100644
--- a/bib/glossaries/symbols/other.bib
+++ b/bib/glossaries/symbols/other.bib
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ @entry{vector
     unit={--},
 }
 @entry{abs,
-    name={\ensuremath{\abs*{\symbolplaceholder}}},
+    name={\ensuremath{\absfmt*{\symbolplaceholder}}},
     description={Absolute of \symbolplaceholder},
     unit={\symbolplaceholder},
 }
diff --git a/chapters/mainmatter/base-features.tex b/chapters/mainmatter/base-features.tex
index 40695ec..09470bc 100644
--- a/chapters/mainmatter/base-features.tex
+++ b/chapters/mainmatter/base-features.tex
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ \subsubsection{Predefined Macros}
                 Mean & \(\mean{\sym{density}}\), \(\mean{\sym{area}}\) \\
                 Logarithmic Mean & \(\logmean{\sym{density}}\), \(\logmean{\sym{area}}\) \\
                 % The starred variant scales automatically:
-                Absolute\mpfootnotemark[1] & \(\abs*{\sym{density}}\), \(\abs*{\sym{area}}\), \(\abs*{\frac{\sym{area}^{2}}{\sym{area}^{3}}}\) \\
+                Absolute\mpfootnotemark[1] & \(\abs{\sym{density}}\), \(\abs{\sym{area}}\), \(\abs{\frac{\sym{area}^{2}}{\sym{area}^{3}}}\) \\
                 Flow & \(\flow{\sym{mass}}\), \(\flow{\sym{enthalpy}}\) \\
                 Delta & \(\difference{\sym{volume}}\), \(\difference{\symspec{enthalpy}}\) \\
                 Nabla Operator &
diff --git a/cookbook.cls b/cookbook.cls
index 22be2ea..22efe54 100644
--- a/cookbook.cls
+++ b/cookbook.cls
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
     \DeclarePairedDelimiter{\parens}{(}{)}
     \DeclarePairedDelimiter{\brackets}{[}{]}
     \DeclarePairedDelimiter{\braces}{\{}{\}}
-    \DeclarePairedDelimiter{\abs}{\lvert}{\rvert}% Absolute value
 
 % For a 'cases' environment that also supports equation numbering,
 % https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/180910/120853
@@ -2223,6 +2222,11 @@
 \newcommand*{\logmeanfmt}[1]{\ensuremath{\tilde{#1}}}
 \newcommand*{\logmean}[1]{\glsdisp{sym.logmean}{\logmeanfmt{#1}}}
 
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Absolute value
+\DeclarePairedDelimiter{\absfmt}{\lvert}{\rvert}% Absolute value
+\newcommand*{\abs}[1]{\glsdisp{sym.abs}{\ensuremath{\absfmt*{#1}}}}
+
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 % Dotted symbol for flows
 \newcommand*{\flowfmt}[1]{\ensuremath{\dot{#1}}}