absorption
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Italic *ap
Latin abder.
Latin ab-
Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti
Proto-Italic *sorβeō
Latin sorbeō
Latin absorbeō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin absorptiōder.
English absorption
First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb + -tion.
Base: absorb
Affixes: -tion
Inflected forms:
form: absorptions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The sponge showed remarkable absorption of water.
Plants rely on the absorption of sunlight for photosynthesis.
His complete absorption in the novel made him lose track of time.
gloss: The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
gloss: The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
pos: noun
tags: countable
physical
uncountable
examples: the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
gloss: The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: absorption in some employment
A complete absorption testified their breathless interest.
gloss: Mental assimilation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: adsorption
sorption
Derived words: absorptance
absorptiometer
absorptiometric
absorptiometry
absorptional
absorption band
absorption cell
absorption coefficient
absorption costing
absorption dynamometer
absorption edge
absorption factor
absorption hygrometer
absorption identity
absorptionism
absorptionist
absorption law
absorption line
absorption nebula
absorption pipette
absorption refrigerator
absorption spectroscopy
absorption spectrum
absorption system
absorptive
atomic absorption spectroscopy
bioabsorption
Chappuis absorption
dielectric absorption
electroabsorption
fluorine absorption dating
hyperabsorption
immunoabsorption
interabsorption
isoabsorption
law of absorption
magnetabsorption
magnetoabsorption
malabsorption
nonabsorption
overabsorption
phonoabsorption
photoabsorption
preabsorption
reabsorption
self-absorption
shock absorption
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْتِيعَاب
roman: istīʕāb
lang: Bulgarian
word: абсо́рбция
roman: absórbcija
lang: Bulgarian
word: поглъ́щане
roman: poglǎ́štane
lang: Bulgarian
word: всму́кване
roman: vsmúkvane
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吸收
roman: xīshōu
lang: Czech
word: absorpce
lang: Czech
word: vstřebání
lang: Danish
word: absorbering
lang: Danish
word: absorption
lang: Dutch
word: absorptie
lang: Dutch
word: opzuiging
lang: Esperanto
word: absorbo
lang: Estonian
word: imendumine
lang: Estonian
word: neeldumine
lang: Finnish
word: imeyttäminen
lang: Finnish
word: sulauttaminen
lang: French
word: absorption
lang: Galician
word: absorción
lang: German
word: Absorption
lang: Greek
word: απορρόφηση
roman: aporrófisi
lang: Hebrew
word: ספיגה
roman: sfigá
lang: Hebrew
word: בליעה
roman: bliá
lang: Hebrew
word: קליטה
roman: klitá
lang: Hindi
word: अवशोषण
roman: avśoṣaṇ
lang: Indonesian
word: absorpsi
lang: Japanese
word: 吸収
roman: kyūshū
lang: Japanese
word: 吸い込み
roman: suikomi
lang: Korean
word: 흡수
roman: heupsu
lang: Malay
word: absorpsi
lang: Malay
word: penyerapan
lang: Malayalam
word: ആഗിരണം
roman: āgiraṇaṁ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: absorpsjon
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: absorbering
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: absorpsjon
lang: Polish
word: absorpcja
lang: Polish
word: pochłanianie
lang: Portuguese
word: absorção
lang: Romanian
word: absorbire
lang: Romanian
word: absorbție
lang: Russian
word: вса́сывание
roman: vsásyvanije
lang: Russian
word: впи́тывание
roman: vpítyvanije
lang: Russian
word: поглоще́ние
roman: pogloščénije
lang: Russian
word: абсо́рбция
roman: absórbcija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: апсорпција
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: apsorpcija
lang: Spanish
word: absorción
lang: Swahili
word: ufyonzaji
lang: Swedish
word: uppsugning
lang: Tagalog
word: sipsip
lang: Tagalog
word: higop
lang: Turkish
word: absorpsiyon
lang: Turkish
word: soğurma
lang: Bulgarian
word: абсо́рбция
roman: absórbcija
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吸收
roman: xīshōu
lang: Danish
word: absorption
lang: Dutch
word: absorptie f incorporatie
lang: Esperanto
word: absorbiteco
lang: Esperanto
word: absorbiĝo
lang: Estonian
word: neeldumine
lang: Finnish
word: imeytyminen
lang: Finnish
word: sulautuminen
lang: French
word: absorption
lang: German
word: Absorption
lang: Greek
word: απορρόφηση
roman: aporrófisi
lang: Hebrew
word: היבלעות
roman: hibal'út
lang: Hebrew
word: התמזגות
roman: hitmazgút
lang: Hebrew
word: היקלטות
roman: hikaltút
lang: Hebrew
word: קליטה
roman: klitá
lang: Hindi
word: अवशोषण
roman: avśoṣaṇ
lang: Indonesian
word: absorpsi
lang: Japanese
word: 吸収
roman: kyūshū
lang: Japanese
word: 併合
roman: heigō
lang: Malay
word: absorpsi
lang: Malay
word: penyerapan
lang: Māori
word: mitikanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: absorbering
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: absorpsjon
lang: Polish
word: absorbowanie
lang: Polish
word: pochłanianie
lang: Portuguese
word: absorção
lang: Romanian
word: absorbție
lang: Russian
word: поглоще́ние
roman: pogloščénije
lang: Turkish
word: absorpsiyon
lang: Turkish
word: soğurma