| absorb |
Physically or chemically assimilate (or take in) a substance, for example, as soils or plants take in water and food.
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| absorbent |
The substrate into which a substance is absorbed.
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| absorbed dose |
The amount of energy absorbed in any material from incident radiation.
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| absorb |
To take in. Many things absorb water.
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| absorbent |
absorb; or to take in by capillary attraction; as in the case of absorbent pads, booms or other collection materials used in the environmental industry for collection of liquids.
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