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 .
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Anton Zeilinger in National Geographic We lose many photons by scattering in the atmosphere and absorption,Zeilinger said. "Only about one in ten million arrive on the other side."
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439 782 absorptive Zakaria argues that it is this non-doctrinaire character that gives Hinduism its absorptive and assimilative power. I hold that it is this Hindu ethos that accounts for the success of both democracy as well as secularism in India," Advani said.