absorption

(əb-sôrp'shən, -zôrp'-)
n.

1. The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed.
2. A state of mental concentration.

[Latin absorptiō, absorptiōn-, from absorptus, past participle of absorbēre, to absorb. See absorb.]

absorptive ab·sorp'tive (-tĭv) adj.
absorptivity ab'sorp·tiv'i·ty n.

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noun

1. The process of absorbing and incorporating, especially mentally: assimilation, digestion. See accept/reject.
2. Total occupation of the attention or of the mind: engrossment, enthrallment, immersion, preoccupation, prepossession. See excite/bore/interest.

n

Definition: total attention toward something
Antonyms: boredom, distraction

The process by which a drug passes from its point of administration into the blood. See also intestinal absorption.

a measure of the ability of a material to absorb electromagnetic radiation. It equals the absorptance of a sample of the material divided by the optical path-length. For very low attenuance, it approximates the absorption coefficient. Use of the term is not recommended.

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For a list of words related to absorption, see:

• Physiology - absorption: passage of water or dissolved substance, esp. nutrient materials, into cell, blood, tissue, or organism
• Physical Properties and Changes - absorption: assimilation of one substance into another

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See words rhyming with "absorption."

Common misspelling(s) of absorption

• absorbsion
• absorbtion

Dansk (Danish)
n. - opsugning, absorption

Nederlands (Dutch)
absorptie, opvang

Français (French)
n. - (Phys, Physiol) absorption, (Aut) amortissement, (fig) absorption, intégration

Deutsch (German)
n. - Versunkenheit, Absorption, Aufnahme

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απορρόφηση, αφομοίωση, (μτφ.) προσήλωση

Italiano (Italian)
assorbimento, integrazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - absorção (f)
attrib. - interesse (m), dedicação (f)

Русский (Russian)
всасывание, впитывание, погруженность (в мысли, работу)

Español (Spanish)
n. - absorción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppsugning, upptagande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
专心, 热中, 吸收

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 專心, 熱中, 吸收

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 흡수, 골몰, 음식

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 吸収, 併合, 夢中

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إمتصاص, إستغراق, إنهماك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ספיגה, בליעת חלקיקים (בפיסיקה), שקיעה בהרהורים, התעמקות‬

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