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absorption
absorption is a 10-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 10 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
- 3noun
In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
- 4noun
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
- 5noun
the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- 6noun
complete attention; intense mental effort
- 7noun
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- 8noun
(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"
- 9noun
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
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- 10noun
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
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