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absorptive

US/æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/

absorptive adjective: having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.

Adjective

absorptive (comparative more absorptive, superlative most absorptive)

  1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
    • In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […]1939, British White Paper of Palestine of 1939

Noun

absorptive (plural absorptives)

  1. Any substance that absorbs.

absorptive meaning in Malay

absorptive in Malay

having capacity to imbibe
berdaya serap, absorptif

Forms of absorptive

Adjective
comparativemore absorptive
superlativemost absorptive
Noun
pluralabsorptives

Origin of absorptive

From absorb + -tive.

Words formed from absorptive

Questions about absorptive

What does absorptive mean?
Absorptive means having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
What is absorptive in Malay?
Absorptive in Malay is berdaya serap, absorptif. See Absorptive meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is absorptive?
Absorptive can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce absorptive?
Absorptive is pronounced /æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/ (US).

Words near absorptive in the dictionary

  1. absorptional
  2. absorptionism
  3. absorptionist
  4. absorptionists
  5. absorptions
  6. absorptive
  7. absorptively
  8. absorptiveness
  9. absorptives
  10. absorptivities
  11. absorptivity

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