absorption

noun absorptions

1. countable, uncountable The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, The sponge showed remarkable absorption of water.
2. countable, obsolete, uncountable engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
3. countable, uncountable assimilation; incorporation. the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
4. countable, physical, uncountable the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception. the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
5. countable, uncountable The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
6. countable, uncountable in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
7. countable, uncountable Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. absorption in some employment
8. countable, uncountable Mental assimilation.
9. countable, uncountable The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.