absorption.
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
Meaning & usage
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
The sponge showed remarkable absorption of water.
Plants rely on the absorption of sunlight for photosynthesis.
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, assimilation; incorporation.
the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
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.
the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
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).
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.
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
absorption in some employment
Mental assimilation.
The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb + -tion.
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