absorption
Syllables: ab·sorp·tionUK/əbˈzɔːp.ʃn̩//æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/
absorption noun: the act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,.
Noun
absorption (countable and uncountable, plural absorptions)
- The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
- The sponge showed remarkable absorption of water.
- Plants rely on the absorption of sunlight for photosynthesis.
- 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
- 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.
- 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).
- 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
- A complete absorption testified their breathless interest.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- Mental assimilation.
- The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
absorption meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
absorption in Hindi
- act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything
- अवशोषण avśoṣaṇ
- act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear
- अवशोषण avśoṣaṇ
absorption in Tamil
- கன்றுக்குட்டி பாலை உறிஞ்சிக் குடிக்கிறது
absorption in Marathi
- absorption
- शोषण śoṣaṇ
absorption in Urdu
- absorption, assimilation
- ضم zam
- absorption
- جذب jazb
More languagesFewer languages
- absorption in Bengali
- শোষণ śōśon
- absorption in Malayalam
- ആഗിരണം āgiraṇaṁ
- absorption in Kannada
- ಹೀರಿಕೆ, ಈಂಟಿಕೆ, ಸೀಪಿಕೆ, ಅಪಶೋಷಣೆ
- absorption in Tagalog
- sipsip, higop, pagsigom
- absorption in Arabic
- اِسْتِيعَاب istīʕāb, اِمْتِصَاص imtiṣāṣ
- absorption in Malay
- absorpsi, penyerapan
- absorption in Indonesian
- absorpsi, penyerapan
Examples of absorption in a sentence
- They occur before nutrient absorption and are hypothesized to be important for satiation and glucose homeostasis.
- Unionization (lipid solubility) facilitates absorption whereas ionization (water solubility) facilitates excretion of drug.
- This finds support from absorption spectrophotogram revealing AKR17A1 catalyzed NADPH dependent degradation of butachlor in vitro.
Forms of absorption
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Origin of absorption
First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb + -tion.
Words formed from absorption
- absorptance
- absorptiometer
- absorptiometric
- absorptiometry
- absorptional
- absorption band
- absorption cell
- absorption coefficient
- absorption costing
- absorption dynamometer
- absorption edge
- absorption factor
- absorption hygrometer
- absorption identity
- absorptionism
- absorptionist
- absorption law
- 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
- law of absorption
- magnetabsorption
- magnetoabsorption
- malabsorption
- nonabsorption
- overabsorption
- phonoabsorption
- photoabsorption
- preabsorption
- reabsorption
- self-absorption
- shock absorption
Phrases with absorption
- absorption bands
- absorption cells
- absorption edges
- absorption lines
- water absorption
- absorption factors
- absorption nebulae
- absorption nebulas
- absorption spectra
- absorption systems
- absorption costings
- absorption pipettes
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Questions about absorption
- What does absorption mean?
- Absorption means the act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,.
- What is absorption in Hindi?
- Absorption in Hindi is अवशोषण (avśoṣaṇ). See Absorption meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is absorption?
- Absorption is a noun.
- How do you pronounce absorption?
- Absorption is pronounced /əbˈzɔːp.ʃn̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of absorption?
- The plural of absorption is absorptions.
Words near absorption in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: absorption (page history and authors); absorption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शोषण (Marathi) (page history and authors); جذب (Urdu) (page history and authors); শোষণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); absorption (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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