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Absorption

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
assimilationimmersionpreoccupancysoaking up
plural
Absorptions
possessive
Absorption's
pluralpossessive
Absorptions'