Absorption
nounid
9648·updated May 18, 2026verified
(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
polysemous
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Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- assimilationimmersionpreoccupancysoaking up
- plural
- Absorptions
- possessive
- Absorption's
- pluralpossessive
- Absorptions'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- §2
- complete attention
- §3
- (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another
- §4
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
- §5
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- §6
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a mediumDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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