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English to English noun
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(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid |  | source: wordnet30
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(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium | | Example: the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules
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the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | | source: wordnet30
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the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | | source: wordnet30
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complete attention; intense mental effort | | source: wordnet30
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the mental state of being preoccupied by something | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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