Learn English – What’s the antonym of “occurrence”

antonyms

I'm looking for the antonym of occurrence. I want to use it in this sentence:

Based on the occurrence/[antonym] of signals, decisions will be made.

The context is scientific. I would like to have just one word for this particular sentence.

Best Answer

Typical scientific/technical jargon in this kind of sentence is this:

occurrence/nonoccurrence

and

presence/absence

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