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The assimilation of one material into another; in petroleum refining, the use of an absorptive liquid to selectively remove components from a process stream.
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| absorption |
The process of taking up and internalizing of a substance by another substance through chemical or molecular action (eg a gas absorbed by a liquid).
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| absorption a. |
that produced by any factor, e.g., secretions, foreign body, tumor, or abnormal external pressure, that completely obstructs the airway, preventing intake of air into the alveolar sacs and permitting absorption of air into the bloodstream. Called also obstructive a., resorption a., and secondary a.
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| absorption b.’s |
dark bands in the spectrum due to absorption of light by the medium (a solid, a liquid, or a gas) through which the light has passed. Cf. absorption lines, under line.
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| absorption c. |
1. absorptivity. 2. see linear absorption c. 3. see mass absorption c.
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