absorption
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- 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 social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- n the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- n complete attention; intense mental effort
- n the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- Consumers, it turns out, regard their passive absorption of mass advertising as an investment of psychic space; to the extent that they allow themselves to become aroused with .
- Perhaps remorseful about the lost child and distanced by his absorption with his work his only real passion and his growing fame, Mileva became increasingly unhappy.
- Not only does it promote calcium absorption and bone maintenance, but vitamin D also appears to stimulate the immune system, inhibit cellular proliferation and spur cell .