Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being absorbent.

    Absorbierfähigkeit

    поглоти́тельная спосо́бностьpoglotítelʹnaja sposóbnostʹ

    the property of being absorbent

  2. (countable, uncountable)The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The action of absorbing.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. This paper has very high absorbency.

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  2. Washing your towels this way reduces their absorbency.

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  3. Avoid using fabric softeners on kitchen towels, as they can reduce absorbency.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: absorbencies

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedabsorbent

See also

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