absorption
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
absorption /əbˈzɔːpʃ(ə)n, -ˈsɔːp-/
▶noun
- 1 the process of absorbing something or of being absorbed.
- 2 the state of being engrossed in something.
– derivatives
absorptive adjective,
absorptivity noun.
absorptive adjective,
absorptivity noun.
'absorption' also found in these Oxford entries:
absorption costing
- aldosterone
- avidin
- black
- chlorophyll
- endothermic
- extinction
- immunosorbent
- malabsorption
- navel-gazing
- nuclear magnetic resonance
- pleochroic
- plumbism
- quantum jump
- rad
- reuptake
- self-absorption
- shed
- sorption
- steatorrhoea
- vitamin D
