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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun absorption has 6 senses
- absorption(n = noun.process) soaking up - (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid; has particulars: imbibition
- absorption(n = noun.process) - (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules" is a part of extinction
- absorption(n = noun.process) assimilation - the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another; has particulars: americanisation, americanization, anglicisation, anglicization, europeanisation, europeanization, westernisation, westernization
- absorption(n = noun.process) assimilation - the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; has particulars: anabolism, constructive metabolism, malabsorption
- absorption(n = noun.cognition) concentration, engrossment, immersion - complete attention; intense mental effort; is a kind of attention
- absorption(n = noun.cognition) engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation - the mental state of being preoccupied by something; is a kind of cognitive state, state of mind
is a kind of sorption
Derived forms verb absorb4, verb absorb1
is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process
Derived form verb absorb6
is a kind of social process
Derived form verb absorb2
is a kind of biological process, organic process
has particulars: centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing, specialism, study
Derived form verb absorb7
has particulars: abstractedness, abstraction, absentmindedness
Derived form verb absorb9
CIDE DICTIONARY
absorption, n. [L. absorptio, fr. absorbere. See Absorb.].
- The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger. [1913 Webster]
- An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc. [1913 Webster]
- In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs. [1913 Webster]
- Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
absorption, n.
1 the process or action of absorbing or being absorbed.
2 disappearance through incorporation into something else.
3 mental engrossment.
1 the process or action of absorbing or being absorbed.
2 disappearance through incorporation into something else.
3 mental engrossment.
Derivative
absorptive adj.
Etymology
L absorptio (as ABSORB)
THESAURUS
absorption
Walter Mitty, ablation, absence of mind, absentmindedness, absorbed attention, absorbency, absorbent, abstractedness, abstraction, adsorbent, adsorption, application, assimilation, attrition, bemusement, bile, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, brown study, burning up, castle-building, chemisorption, chemosorption, close study, concentration, consumption, contemplation, contemplativeness, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, deep study, deep thought, depletion, depth of thought, digestion, digestive system, drain, dream, dreaming, eating up, embarrassment, endosmosis, engagement, engrossment, enmeshment, entanglement, erosion, exhaustion, exosmosis, expending, expenditure, fantasy, fantasying, finishing, fit of abstraction, gastric juice, gastrointestinal tract, imbibing, immersion, implication, impoverishment, inclusion, infiltration, ingestion, intentness, intestinal juice, involution, involvement, liver, meditation, melancholy, monomania, mooning, moonraking, muse, musefulness, musing, muted ecstasy, obsession, osmosis, pancreas, pancreatic digestion, pancreatic juice, pensiveness, percolation, pipe dream, pipe-dreaming, predigestion, preoccupation, profound thought, rapt attention, reflectiveness, relation, reverie, saliva, salivary digestion, salivary glands, secondary digestion, seepage, single-mindedness, soaking-up, sorption, speculativeness, spending, sponge, sponging, squandering, stargazing, studiousness, study, submersion, taking-in, thoughtfulness, trance, using up, wastage, waste, wastefulness, wasting away, wearing away, wearing down, wistfulness, woolgatheringROGET THESAURUS
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Combination
N combination, mixture, junction, union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization, alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid, resultant, impregnation, combined, impregnated with, ingrained, imbued inoculated.Reception
N reception, admission, admittance, entree, importation, introduction, intromission, immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation, suction, sucking, eating, drinking, insertion, interjection, introit, admitting, admitted, admissable, absorbent.
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