absorption

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
3. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
4. (countable, physical, uncountable) The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
5. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
6. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
7. (countable, uncountable) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
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.

Synonyms

assimilation

preoccupation

concentration

suction

engrossment

undivided attention

immersion

merging

absorbing

merger

preoccupancy

soaking up

amalgamation

adaptation

union

attraction

intake

disappearance

dissolution

drying up

enchantment

enhancement

excitement

identification

imbibition

involution

jointure

meditation

melding

namely

osmosis

place

reabsorption

reflection

resorption

share-out

sharing

suck in

taking in

unification

uniting

uptake

give undivided attention

blending in

joining into one

adoption

close application

coalescency

dissolution into oneself

intimate union

Translations

absorption

Absorption

absorción

assorbimento

absorção

απορρόφηση

absorptie

absorció

Aufsaugen

opslorping

assimilation

Aufnahme

Aufsaugung

soğurma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əbˈzɔːp.ʃn̩/

Etymology

First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb + -tion.