Absorption

What do we mean by absorption?

The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed. noun

A state of mental concentration. noun

The act or process of absorbing, or the state of being absorbed, in all the senses of the verb: as— noun

In physiology, the process of taking up into the vascular system (venous or lymphatic) either food from the alimentary canal or inflammatory products and other substances from the various tissues. Plants absorb moisture and nutritive juices principally by their roots, but sometimes by their general surfaces, as in seaweeds, and carbonic acid by their leaves. Absorption of organic matter by leaves takes place in several insectivorous plants. noun

In Herbart's pedagogic system, the gradual process of the apprehension of the manifold: a translation of the German vertiefung. Otherwise called concentration and self-estrangement. noun

Specifically— In the absorption of gases, the volume of a gas which one volume of a liquid will dissolve. noun

In optics, the constant K in the equation , where A0 is the amplitude of an incident ray, A1 its amplitude after penetrating to a depth of one wave-length in the absorbing medium, and e the base of natural logarithms. noun

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear. noun

An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action noun

In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs. noun

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. noun

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, noun

The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric. noun

The taking on of by a shipping company of special charges by another without price increase. noun

The natural lessening of radio waves due to atmospheric interference. noun

The mental state of being preoccupied by something noun

Complete attention; intense mental effort noun

(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid noun

The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another noun

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.

Mental assimilation.

The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

Words that are spelled similarly to absorption:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word absorption:
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Words that rhyme with absorption:
sorption.

Adjectives that are often used to describe absorption:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective absorption:
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Words that sound like absorption:
absorption, absorbtion, abortion, reabsorption, absorbing, absorbent, absorbant, apportion, abruption, absorbance, desorption, adsorption, resorption, azorian, obsession, abortions, malabsorption, abortient, absorbate.