Absorption

/æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/

Synonyms for "absorption" (177 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Strong matches (53)

Noun(14 words)
concentrationdampingdamping relatedenergy uptakeengagementsengrossmentfascinationsflowflowsheat uptakeimmerse in workimmersingimmersionimmersione italian
Adjective(2 words)
digestive system functiondutch concentratie

Related words (88)

Related word relations

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More general

17 entries
actionactivityattentionbiological processcognitive stateenergy transfermass transfermaterial interactionnatural actionnatural processorganic processphenomenonphysical interactionphysical processsocial processsorption

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

6 entries
gas absorptionheat absorptionlight absorptionsoil absorptionsound absorptionwater absorption

Collocations

6 entries
absorption coefficientabsorption rateabsorption spectrumheat absorptionlight absorptionwater absorption

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Translations

84 translations across 33 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • اِسْتِيعَاب noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • абсо́рбция noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • абсо́рбция noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • всму́кване noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • поглъ́щане noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 吸收 noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • 吸收 noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Czech

2 entries
  • absorpce noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • vstřebání noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Danish

3 entries
  • absorbering noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorption noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorption noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Dutch

3 entries
  • absorptie noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorptie f incorporatie noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • opzuiging noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • absorbiteco noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • absorbiĝo noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • absorbo noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Estonian

3 entries
  • imendumine noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • neeldumine noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • neeldumine noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Finnish

4 entries
  • imeyttäminen noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • imeytyminen noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • sulauttaminen noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • sulautuminen noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

French

2 entries
  • absorption noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorption noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Galician

1 entries
  • absorción noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

German

2 entries
  • Absorption noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • Absorption noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Greek

2 entries
  • απορρόφηση noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • απορρόφηση noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בליעה noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • היבלעות noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • היקלטות noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • התמזגות noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अवशोषण noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • अवशोषण noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • absorpsi noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorpsi noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 併合 noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • 吸い込み noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • 吸収 noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • 吸収 noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Korean

1 entries
  • 흡수 noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Malay

4 entries
  • absorpsi noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorpsi noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • penyerapan noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • penyerapan noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ആഗിരണം noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Māori

1 entries
  • mitikanga noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • absorbering noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorbering noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • absorpsjon noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorpsjon noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • absorpsjon noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Polish

4 entries
  • absorbowanie noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • absorpcja noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • pochłanianie noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • pochłanianie noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • absorção noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorção noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Romanian

3 entries
  • absorbire noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorbție noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorbție noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Russian

4 entries
  • абсо́рбция noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • впи́тывание noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • вса́сывание noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • поглоще́ние noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • apsorpcija noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • апсорпција noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Spanish

1 entries
  • absorción noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ufyonzaji noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Swedish

1 entries
  • uppsugning noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • higop noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • sipsip noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)

Turkish

4 entries
  • absorpsiyon noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • absorpsiyon noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)
  • soğurma noun (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything)
  • soğurma noun (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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This paper has very good absorption.

Source: tatoeba (59054)

Entry, transportation, breaking-down and absorption of food is possible, thanks to a series of conduits, tissues and organs that constitute the digestive system. They all work together in a coordinated fashion in order to better assimilate the substances consumed every day, supplying us with energy and easing our development.

Source: tatoeba (4624588)

Hard surfaces, such as concrete, cover large portions of land, impede the natural absorption of water, and thus exacerbate surficial erosion on adjacent unprotected land.

Source: tatoeba (6604284)

What's the difference between absorption and adsorption?

Source: tatoeba (10856485)

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