Absorption hygrometer
a hygrometer that uses a hygroscopic chemical to absorb atmospheric moisture.
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. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that absorbs and thus obscures the light from stars behind it, appearing as a dark patch in front of a bright nebula or in an otherwise bright area of sky. noun a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sources see […]
- Absorption spectrum
the spectrum formed by electromagnetic radiation that has p-ssed through a medium in which radiation of certain frequencies is absorbed. historical examples the liquid is without colour, and gives no absorption spectrum. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 16, slice 7 various this colour possesses an absorption spectrum (figured at p. 55). poisons: their effects and […]
- Absorptive
able or tending to ; . historical examples their clay seemed like some other kinds, which have their absorptive powers strengthened by the more they take up. the red acorn john mcelroy why does under-draining increase the absorptive power of the soil? the elements of agriculture george e. waring considering epithelium from the point of […]
- Absorptivity
the property of a body that determines the fraction of incident radiation or by the body. noun (physics) a measure of the ability of a material to absorb radiation, equal to the internal absorptance of a h-m-geneous layer of the material under conditions in which the path of the radiation has unit length and the […]
- Absquatulation
to flee; abscond: the old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel. verb (intransitive) to leave; decamp noun the action of going away suddenly and squatting somewhere; making off, decamping examples if the actress does not make an appearance soon, her fans will imagine a total absquatulation. word origin an americanism simulating a latin formulation […]