absorption
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See also: Absorption
English
Etymology
First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb + -tion.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əbˈzɔːp.ʃn̩/, /əbˈsɔːp.ʃn̩/
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/, /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩/, /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩/, /əbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ab‧sorp‧tion
Noun
absorption (countable and uncountable, plural absorptions)
- The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
- (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
- assimilation; incorporation.
- the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
- the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
- (physical chemistry, physics) 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.
- (meteorology) 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).
- (physiology) 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.
- (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
Derived terms
- absorptance
- absorptiometer
- absorptiometric
- absorptiometry
- absorptional
- absorption band
- absorption cell
- absorption coefficient
- absorption costing
- absorption dynamometer
- absorption edge
- absorption factor
- absorption hygrometer
- absorptionism
- absorptionist
- absorption line
- absorption nebula
- absorption pipette
- absorption refrigerator
- absorption spectroscopy
- absorption spectrum
- absorption system
- absorptive
- atomic absorption spectroscopy
- bioabsorption
- Chappuis absorption
- dielectric absorption
- electroabsorption
- fluorine absorption dating
- hyperabsorption
- immunoabsorption
- interabsorption
- isoabsorption
- magnetabsorption
- magnetoabsorption
- malabsorption
- nonabsorption
- overabsorption
- phonoabsorption
- photoabsorption
- preabsorption
- reabsorption
- self-absorption
- shock absorption
Related terms
Translations
act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything
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act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear
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chemistry, physics: imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action
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physiology: process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed
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entire occupation of the mind
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the retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorption”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
- “absorption”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “absorption”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
absorption c (singular definite absorptionen, plural indefinite absorptioner)
Declension
Declension of absorption
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | absorption | absorptionen | absorptioner | absorptionerne |
| genitive | absorptions | absorptionens | absorptioners | absorptionernes |
Synonyms
Further reading
Finnish
Noun
absorption
French
Pronunciation
Noun
absorption f (plural absorptions)
- absorption, swallowing, taking
Further reading
- “absorption”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Swedish
Etymology
Derived from Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”).
Noun
absorption c
Declension
| Declension of absorption | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | absorption | absorptionen | — | — |
| Genitive | absorptions | absorptionens | — | — |