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interabsorption

interabsorption noun: the act of absorbing each other.

Noun

interabsorption (uncountable)

  1. The act of absorbing each other.
    • A gradual interabsorption of sex characteristics in temperament results, the female assuming those of the male, the male losing those which distinguish him sharply from the female.1997, Northrop Frye, Robert D. Denham, Northrop Frye's Student Essays, 1932-1938, volume 3, page 30

Origin of interabsorption

From inter- + absorption.

Questions about interabsorption

What does interabsorption mean?
Interabsorption means the act of absorbing each other.
What part of speech is interabsorption?
Interabsorption is a noun.

Words near interabsorption in the dictionary

  1. inter-universal Teichmüller theory
  2. inter-war
  3. interabang
  4. interabangs
  5. interabled
  6. interabsorption
  7. interacademic
  8. interacademy
  9. interaccusation
  10. interaccusations
  11. interacetabular

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