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absorbancy

US/æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/

absorbancy is the alternative form of absorbency.

Meaning of absorbency

Noun

absorbency (countable and uncountable, plural absorbencies)

  1. The quality of being absorbent.
  2. The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
    • Product benefits are quickly copied, whether it's cleaning power or diaper absorbency.2007 May 1, “Detergent Can Be So Much More”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 09 Feb 2009
  3. (obsolete) The action of absorbing.

Forms of absorbancy

pluralabsorbancies

Origin of absorbancy

From absorbance + -y.

Questions about absorbancy

What is absorbancy the alternative form of?
Absorbancy is the alternative form of absorbency.
How do you pronounce absorbancy?
Absorbancy is pronounced /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/ (US).

Words near absorbancy in the dictionary

  1. absorbables
  2. absorbably
  3. absorbance
  4. absorbances
  5. absorbancies
  6. absorbancy
  7. absorbant
  8. absorbants
  9. absorbate
  10. absorbates
  11. absorbative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: absorbancy (page history and authors); absorbency (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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