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Absorption
//æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, countable, uncountable
"The sponge showed remarkable absorption of water."
- 2 the mental state of being preoccupied by something wordnet
- 3 The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,; engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 4 complete attention; intense mental effort wordnet
- 5 The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,; assimilation; incorporation. countable, uncountable
"the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger"
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- 6 (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid wordnet
- 7 The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,; the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception. countable, physical, uncountable
"the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc."
- 8 (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium wordnet
- 9 The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,; The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat). countable, uncountable
- 10 the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion wordnet
- 11 The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,; in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis. countable, uncountable
- 12 the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another wordnet
- 13 Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. countable, uncountable
"absorption in some employment"
- 14 Mental assimilation. countable, uncountable
- 15 The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric. countable, uncountable
Etymology
First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb + -tion.
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