| NOUN | process | absorption, soaking up | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another |
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| process | absorption | (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium | |
| process | absorption, assimilation | the social process of absorbing one cultural / cultural group into harmony with another | |
| process | absorption, assimilation | the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | |
| cognition | absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion | complete attention | |
| cognition | absorption, preoccupation, preoccupancy, engrossment | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
| Sounds | ahbsao'rpshahn; ahbzao'rpshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid. | |
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| Synonym | soaking up | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | imbibition | (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid / liquid by a solid or gel |
| Broader | sorption | The process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) |
| Spanish | absorción | |
| Catalan | absorció | |
| Verbs | absorb | take in, also metaphorically |
| absorb | become imbued | |
| Meaning | (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium. | |
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| Example | "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules" | |
| Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
| Part of | extinction | The reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| Spanish | absorción | |
| Catalan | absorció | |
| Verbs | absorb | suck or take up or in |
| Meaning | The social process of absorbing one cultural / cultural group into harmony with another. | |
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| Synonym | assimilation | |
| Narrower | Americanization, Americanisation | assimilation into American culture |
| Anglicization, Anglicisation | The act of anglicizing | |
| Europeanization, Europeanisation | assimilation into European culture | |
| Westernization, Westernisation | assimilation of Western culture | |
| Broader | social process | A process involved in the formation of groups of persons |
| Spanish | asimilación | |
| Catalan | assimilació | |
| Verbs | absorb | take up mentally |
| Meaning | The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion. | |
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| Synonym | assimilation | |
| Narrower | anabolism, constructive metabolism | The synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy |
| malabsorption | Abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract | |
| Broader | organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms |
| Spanish | absorción, asimilación | |
| Catalan | absorció, assimilació | |
| Meaning | complete attention; intense mental effort. | |
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| Synonyms | concentration, engrossment, immersion | |
| Narrower | focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering | The concentration of attention or energy on something |
| specialism | The concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation | |
| study | A state of deep mental absorption | |
| Broader | attention | The faculty or power of mental concentration |
| Spanish | concentración | |
| Catalan | concentració | |
| Verbs | absorb | devote (oneself) fully to |
| Meaning | The mental state of being preoccupied by something. | |
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| Synonyms | preoccupation, preoccupancy, engrossment | |
| Narrower | absentmindedness | preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored |
| abstractedness, abstraction | preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | |
| Broader | cognitive state, state of mind | The state of a person's cognitive processes |
| Spanish | inquietud, intranquilidad, preocupación | |
| Catalan | amoïnament, capficament, inquietud, intranquil·litat, neguit, preocupació | |
| Verbs | absorb | consume all of one's attention or time |
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