单词 | absorption |
释义 | absorption /ab sawrp"sheuhn, -zawrp"-/, n. 1. the act of absorbing. 2. the state or process of being absorbed. 3. assimilation; incorporation: the absorption of small farms into one big one. 4. uptake of substances by a tissue, as of nutrients through the wall of the intestine. 5. a taking in or reception by molecular or chemical action, as of gases or liquids. 6. Physics. the removal of energy or particles from a beam by the medium through which the beam propagates. 7. complete attention or preoccupation; deep engrossment: absorption in one's work. [1590-1600; < L absorption- (s. of absorptio), equiv. to absorpt(us), ptp. of absorbere to ABSORB + -ion- -ION] |
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