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absorption
[ ab-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp- ]
noun
- the act of absorbing.
- assimilation; incorporation:
the absorption of small farms into one big one.
- uptake of substances by a tissue, as of nutrients through the wall of the intestine.
- a taking in or reception by molecular or chemical action, as of gases or liquids.
- Physics. the removal of energy or particles from a beam by the medium through which the beam propagates.
- complete attention or preoccupation; deep engrossment:
absorption in one's work.
absorption
/ əbˈsɔːpʃən; -ˈzɔːp- /
noun
- the process of absorbing or the state of being absorbed
- physiol
- normal assimilation by the tissues of the products of digestion
- the passage of a gas, fluid, drug, etc, through the mucous membranes or skin
- physics a reduction of the intensity of any form of radiated energy as a result of energy conversion in a medium, such as the conversion of sound energy into heat
- immunol the process of removing superfluous antibodies or antigens from a mixture using a reagent
absorption
/ əb-sôrp′shən /
- Biology.The movement of a substance, such as a liquid or solute, across a cell membrane by means of diffusion or osmosis.
- Chemistry.The process by which one substance, such as a solid or liquid, takes up another substance, such as a liquid or gas, through minute pores or spaces between its molecules. A paper towel takes up water, and water takes up carbon dioxide, by absorption.
- Chemistry.Compare adsorption
- Physics.The taking up and storing of energy, such as radiation, light, or sound, without it being reflected or transmitted. During absorption, the energy may change from one form into another. When radiation strikes the electrons in an atom, the electrons move to a higher orbit or state of excitement by absorption of the radiation's energy.
Derived Forms
- abˈsorptive, adjective
Other Words From
- hyper·ab·sorption noun
- inter·ab·sorption noun
- nonab·sorption noun
- over·ab·sorption noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of absorption1
Word History and Origins
Origin of absorption1
Example Sentences
This may cause a negative autoimmune response, and inhibits proper digestion and nutrient absorption.
But for all his self-absorption, the Japanese Beethoven ought to have learned from his German counterpart in another manner.
It seems like your piece is a sort of a satire of the self-absorption and self-obsession of humans.
The progress of absorption is measured in decades, even centuries.
Almost 20 years before the HBO series of the same name, Ken Finkleman caricatured the self-absorption of TV news anchors.
Tests are of value in recognizing poisoning from ingestion and in detecting absorption from carbolized dressings.
It is a blind act of unconscious absorption, however little be absorbed.
It all charmed him inexpressibly, so that he realised—yes, in a sense—the degradation of his twenty years' absorption in business.
A simple experiment of Boussingault's illustrates this absorption very strikingly.
In the flowers, both by day and night, there is a constant absorption of oxygen, and evolution of carbonic acid.
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