Absorption ¹

Definition: The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

Absorption ²

Definition: An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

Absorption ³

Definition: In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.

Absorption ⁴

Definition: Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

absorption ⁵

Definition: the mental state of being preoccupied by something

absorption ⁶

Definition: complete attention; intense mental effort

absorption ⁷

Definition: (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

absorption ⁸

Definition: (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules"

absorption ⁹

Definition: the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

absorption ¹⁰

Definition: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another