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English

Etymology

Latin absorptio, from absorbere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əbˈzɔ:p.ʃən/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-absorption.ogg


Noun

  1. The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything.
  2. The act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear.
  3. :the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
  4. :''the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
  5. In the Context of An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action.
  6. :the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
  7. In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
  8. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
  9. :absorption in some employment


Translations

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Finnish

Noun

absorption

  1. {{fi-form of|type=noun|case=genitive|pl=singular|absorptio}}


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Absorption \Ab*sorp"tion\, n. [L. absorptio, fr. absorbere. See
Absorb.]
1. The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or
of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the
absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a
smaller tribe into a larger.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Chem. & Physics) An imbibing or reception by molecular or
chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat,
electricity, etc.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Physiol.) In living organisms, the process by which the
materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and
conveyed to the tissues and organs.
[1913 Webster]

4. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as,
absorption in some employment.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet absorption
n 1: (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates
another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid
or solid [syn: soaking up]
2: (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is
retained without reflection or transmission on passing
through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or
molecules"
3: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into
harmony with another [syn: assimilation]
4: the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after
digestion [syn: assimilation]
5: complete attention; intense mental effort [syn: concentration,
engrossment, immersion]
6: the mental state of being preoccupied by something [syn: preoccupation,
preoccupancy, engrossment]
Moby Dictionary
Walter Mitty , ablation , absence of mind , absentmindedness ,
absorbed attention , absorbency , absorbent , abstractedness ,
abstraction , adsorbent , adsorption , application , assimilation ,
attrition , bemusement , bile , blotter , blotting , blotting paper ,
brown study , burning up , castle-building , chemisorption ,
chemosorption , close study , concentration , consumption ,
contemplation , contemplativeness , daydream , daydreamer ,
daydreaming , deep study , deep thought , depletion , depth of thought ,
digestion , digestive system , drain , dream , dreaming , eating up ,
embarrassment , endosmosis , engagement , engrossment , enmeshment ,
entanglement , erosion , exhaustion , exosmosis , expending ,
expenditure , fantasy , fantasying , finishing , fit of abstraction ,
gastric juice , gastrointestinal tract , imbibing , immersion ,
implication , impoverishment , inclusion , infiltration , ingestion ,
intentness , intestinal juice , involution , involvement , liver ,
meditation , melancholy , monomania , mooning , moonraking , muse ,
musefulness , musing , muted ecstasy , obsession , osmosis , pancreas ,
pancreatic digestion , pancreatic juice , pensiveness , percolation ,
pipe dream , pipe-dreaming , predigestion , preoccupation ,
profound thought , rapt attention , reflectiveness , relation ,
reverie , saliva , salivary digestion , salivary glands ,
secondary digestion , seepage , single-mindedness , soaking-up ,
sorption , speculativeness , spending , sponge , sponging , squandering ,
stargazing , studiousness , study , submersion , taking-in ,
thoughtfulness , trance , using up , wastage , waste , wastefulness ,
wasting away , wearing away , wearing down , wistfulness ,
woolgathering


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