| absorption | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
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| absorption | complete attention |
| absorption | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another |
| absorption | (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium |
| absorption | the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion |
| absorption | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
| absorption | a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths |
| absorption | a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance |
| absorption | (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body |
| absorption | an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation |
| absorption | the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths |
| absorption | a unit for measuring absorption |