absorptivenessn.
/əbˈzɔːptᵻvnᵻs/, /əbˈsɔːptᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /əbˈzɔrptᵻvnᵻs/, /æbˈzɔrptᵻvnᵻs/, /əbˈsɔrptᵻvnᵻs/, /æbˈsɔrptᵻvnᵻs/ The quality of being absorptive. Cf. absorptivity n.
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1848 Rural Cycl. II. 762/1 The main or almost sole value of mould..is to give due mechanical cohesion to soils of excessive pulverulency, and a requisite degree of absorptiveness and sponginess to siliceous sands.
1891 Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Arkansas 1890 II. iv. 53 By this rating, the strength and absorptiveness of the Arkansas rock become more than ten.
1948 R. E. Sherwood Roosevelt & Hopkins (rev. ed.) v. 127 It [sc. Jainism] did develop a simplified theology which had vitality and durability against the absorptiveness of Hinduism.
1994 E. Folsom Walt Whitman's Native Representations (1997) Introd. 10 What he loved about the English language was what he saw as its absorptiveness, its infinite expandability, its tendency to accept synonyms from other languages.
2007 Materials Sci. & Engin. A. 471 156/1 The surface is fine sand-blasted to improve the absorptiveness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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