Absorbency
capable of heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to .
something that :
tons of high-powered absorbents were needed to clean up the oil spill.
contemporary examples
shemilt ensures the breathability and absorbency of the 95 percent bamboo fabric tops.
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historical examples
but the amount of absorbency required is not so great as to preclude the use of size altogether.
wood-block printing f. morley fletcher
adjective
able to absorb
noun
a substance that absorbs
n.
1762, noun of state from absorbent; see -cy.
1718, adjective and noun, from latin absorbentem (nominative absorbens), present participle of absorbere (see absorb).
absorbent ab·sorb·ent (əb-sôr’bənt, -zôr’-)
adj.
capable of absorption; able to absorb.
ab·sorb’ent n.
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- Absorbent vessel
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- Absorbing
extremely interesting; deeply engrossing: an absorbing drama. to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: a sponge absorbs water. to swallow up the ident-ty or individuality of; incorporate: the empire absorbed many small nations. to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did […]
- Absorbing well
a well for draining off surface water and conducting it to absorbent earth underground.
- Absorptance
the ratio of the amount of radiation by a surface to the amount of radiation incident upon it. noun (physics) a measure of the ability of an object to absorb radiation, equal to the ratio of the absorbed radiant flux to the incident flux. for a layer of material the ratio of the flux absorbed […]