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(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid (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" assimilation: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another assimilation: the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion concentration: complete attention; intense mental effort preoccupation: the mental state of being preoccupied by something
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| absorptivity |
(physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body
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| absorption spectrum |
the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths
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| absorptive |
absorbent: having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge"
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| absorption coefficient |
a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber; "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance"
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