absorption

What does absorption mean?

• noun

  (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

• noun

  the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

• noun

  the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

• noun

  the mental state of being preoccupied by something

• noun

  complete attention; intense mental effort

• noun

  (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

Anagrams of absorption