absorption

absorption has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
• n.. In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
• n.. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
• n.. the mental state of being preoccupied by something
• n.. complete attention; intense mental effort
• n.. (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
• n.. (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"
• n.. the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
• n.. the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another