Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

  2. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,

    (countable, uncountable)Assimilation; incorporation.

    the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger

    the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool

  3. (countable, physical, uncountable)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.

    Absorption

    впи́тываниеvpítyvanije, поглоще́ниеpogloščénije, абсо́рбцияabsórbcija

  4. (countable, uncountable)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).

    (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

  5. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Absorption

    абсо́рбцияabsórbcija

  6. (countable, uncountable)Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.

    absorption in some employment

    Vertiefung

    поглощённостьpogloščónnostʹ

  7. (countable, uncountable)Mental assimilation.

    the mental state of being preoccupied by something

  8. (countable, uncountable)The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

  9. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. This paper has very good absorption.

    deDieses Papier hat eine sehr gute Saugfähigkeit. — kriskelvin

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  2. Where does food absorption take place?

  3. What actually happens during food absorption?

  4. What's the difference between absorption and adsorption?

    deWas ist der Unterschied zwischen Absorption und Adsorption? — Yorwba

  5. Ziri wrote his thesis about nutrient absorption.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything:
entire occupation of the mind:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything:
entire occupation of the mind:

Origin

First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). M

First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb + -tion.

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Forms

plural: absorptions
Singularabsorption
Pluralabsorptions

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

43 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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