English Explanatory Dictionary

absorption

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
  2. engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
  3. assimilation; incorporation.
  4. the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
  5. 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).
  6. 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.
  7. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
  8. Mental assimilation.
  9. The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

Pronunciation

/əbˈzɔːp.ʃn̩/ /əbˈsɔːp.ʃn̩/ /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/ /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩/ /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩/ /əbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/ en-us-absorption.ogg

Word forms

absorption absorptions

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb + -tion.

Related words

adsorption sorption

Derived words

absorptance absorptiometer absorptiometric absorptiometry absorptional absorption band absorption cell absorption coefficient absorption costing absorption dynamometer absorption edge absorption factor absorption hygrometer absorption identity absorptionism absorptionist absorption law absorption line absorption nebula absorption pipette absorption refrigerator absorption spectroscopy absorption spectrum absorption system absorptive atomic absorption spectroscopy bioabsorption Chappuis absorption dielectric absorption electroabsorption fluorine absorption dating hyperabsorption immunoabsorption interabsorption isoabsorption law of absorption magnetabsorption magnetoabsorption malabsorption nonabsorption overabsorption phonoabsorption photoabsorption preabsorption reabsorption self-absorption shock absorption

Translations

Arabic: اِسْتِيعَاب Bulgarian: абсо́рбция Bulgarian: поглъ́щане Bulgarian: всму́кване Chinese Mandarin: 吸收 Czech: absorpce Czech: vstřebání Danish: absorbering Danish: absorption Dutch: absorptie Dutch: opzuiging Dutch: absorptie f incorporatie Esperanto: absorbo Esperanto: absorbiteco Esperanto: absorbiĝo Estonian: imendumine Estonian: neeldumine Finnish: imeyttäminen Finnish: sulauttaminen Finnish: imeytyminen Finnish: sulautuminen French: absorption Galician: absorción German: Absorption Greek: απορρόφηση Hebrew: ספיגה Hebrew: בליעה Hebrew: קליטה Hebrew: היבלעות Hebrew: התמזגות Hebrew: היקלטות Hindi: अवशोषण Indonesian: absorpsi Japanese: 吸収 Japanese: 吸い込み Japanese: 併合 Korean: 흡수 Malay: absorpsi Malay: penyerapan Malayalam: ആഗിരണം Norwegian Bokmål: absorpsjon Norwegian Bokmål: absorbering Norwegian Nynorsk: absorpsjon Polish: absorpcja Polish: pochłanianie Polish: absorbowanie Portuguese: absorção Romanian: absorbire Romanian: absorbție Russian: вса́сывание Russian: впи́тывание Russian: поглоще́ние Russian: абсо́рбция Serbo-Croatian: апсорпција Serbo-Croatian: apsorpcija Spanish: absorción Swahili: ufyonzaji Swedish: uppsugning Tagalog: sipsip Tagalog: higop Turkish: absorpsiyon Turkish: soğurma Māori: mitikanga
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