Absorption
noun
The process of a liquid, gas, or other substance getting inside a solid or porous material.
She measured the absorption of water by the soil in the plant pot
Often appears as...
- water absorption
- absorption rate
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Technical
noun
The act or process of fully taking in something, such as information or knowledge.
She was so fascinated by the lecture that she spent the entire hour in complete absorption
Often appears as...
- complete absorption
- total absorption
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Academic
noun
In physics, the transformation of radiant energy into another form of energy, often heat, by a material.
The dark surface results in better absorption of the sun's rays
Often appears as...
- radiation absorption
- heat absorption
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Technical
noun
In biology, the process of being absorbed into the body, as of nutrients in the gut.
Vitamin D is vital for calcium absorption
Often appears as...
- nutrient absorption
- calcium absorption
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Technical
noun
The process of a liquid, gas, or other substance getting inside a solid or porous material.
She measured the absorption of water by the soil in the plant pot
Often appears as...
- water absorption
- absorption rate
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The act or process of fully taking in something, such as information or knowledge.
She was so fascinated by the lecture that she spent the entire hour in complete absorption
Often appears as...
- complete absorption
- total absorption
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In physics, the transformation of radiant energy into another form of energy, often heat, by a material.
The dark surface results in better absorption of the sun's rays
Often appears as...
- radiation absorption
- heat absorption
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In biology, the process of being absorbed into the body, as of nutrients in the gut.
Vitamin D is vital for calcium absorption
Often appears as...
- nutrient absorption
- calcium absorption
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Absorption here implies a physical process, involving direct contact between materials.
The laboratory experiment demonstrated the absorption of oil into the sponge.
Pro Tip 2/3Porous Materials
When discussing absorption, think of materials like sponge, not solid objects like metal.
Cotton has a high absorption capacity for sweat.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Instantaneous
Absorption describes a gradual process - it takes time for substances to be absorbed.
If you water plants too quickly, the soil cannot complete absorption, and water runs off.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Absorption here implies a physical process, involving direct contact between materials.
The laboratory experiment demonstrated the absorption of oil into the sponge.
Pro Tip 2/3Porous Materials
When discussing absorption, think of materials like sponge, not solid objects like metal.
Cotton has a high absorption capacity for sweat.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Instantaneous
Absorption describes a gradual process - it takes time for substances to be absorbed.
If you water plants too quickly, the soil cannot complete absorption, and water runs off.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Absorption here implies a physical process, involving direct contact between materials.
The laboratory experiment demonstrated the absorption of oil into the sponge.
Pro Tip 2/3Porous Materials
When discussing absorption, think of materials like sponge, not solid objects like metal.
Cotton has a high absorption capacity for sweat.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Instantaneous
Absorption describes a gradual process - it takes time for substances to be absorbed.
If you water plants too quickly, the soil cannot complete absorption, and water runs off.
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Dean Ornish: Healing...
Fruits, vegetables, whole wheat flour, brown rice, in their natural forms, are rich in fiber. The fiber fills you up before you get too many calories and it slows the absorption, so you don't get that rapid rise in blood sugar. And you get all the disease-protective substances. It's not just what you exclude from your diet,
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How do we study the...
These lines are the characteristic fingerprints of atoms. Each type of atom in the solar atmosphere soaks up light at specific wavelengths, and the amount of absorption depends on how many of these atoms there are. So by observing how much light is missing at these characteristic wavelengths,
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Adam Grant: How to stop...
It's that state of total absorption in an activity. For you, it might be cooking or running or gardening where you lose track of time and you might even lose your sense of self. Flow is the appeal of a Netflix binge because you get transported into a different world and immersed in a story.
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How can sculptures save...
talking about decommissioned oil wells rather than scrap them as most regulations require we could apply a wave or tidal energy to prevent corrosion and to provide an alkaline boost to counterbalance the ocean acidification caused by carbon absorption it's a great per McTwist my
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How does alcohol make...
Endorphins help us to calm down in response to stress or danger. Elevated levels of endorphins contribute to the euphoria and relaxation associated with alcohol consumption. Finally, as the liver’s breakdown of alcohol outpaces the brain’s absorption, drunkenness fades away.
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Rachel Armstrong:...
Living systems are in constant conversation with the natural world, through sets of chemical reactions called metabolism. And this is the conversion of one group of substances into another, either through the production or the absorption of energy.
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Khalil Ramadi:...
Much like we did just a few minutes ago. Using our devices, we could stimulate the stomach to tackle nausea or influence satiety or the intestine to change the way we digest things like glucose by affecting absorption of nutrients in food.
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Why you shouldn't worry...
Scratchy, hard stool is, to put it mildly, unpleasant. It also increases bacterial mass. The water and bacteria together increase the bulk of the stool, which helps it move along. Fiber also slows absorption of sugars into the bloodstream
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Understanding the rise...
a history of conquest, occupation, absorption, assimilation and so on, led to the process by which, over time, this notion of the Han emerged -- of course, nurtured by a growing and very powerful sense of cultural identity.
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Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
years again in order to be fully mature word so that men contribute a lot when it comes to the absorption of the Sun it's like a scarf it helps them when it's cold and it brings quite a lot of
Video examples
Dean Ornish: Healing...
Fruits, vegetables, whole wheat flour, brown rice, in their natural forms, are rich in fiber. The fiber fills you up before you get too many calories and it slows the absorption, so you don't get that rapid rise in blood sugar. And you get all the disease-protective substances. It's not just what you exclude from your diet,
Video examples
How do we study the...
These lines are the characteristic fingerprints of atoms. Each type of atom in the solar atmosphere soaks up light at specific wavelengths, and the amount of absorption depends on how many of these atoms there are. So by observing how much light is missing at these characteristic wavelengths,
Video examples
Adam Grant: How to stop...
It's that state of total absorption in an activity. For you, it might be cooking or running or gardening where you lose track of time and you might even lose your sense of self. Flow is the appeal of a Netflix binge because you get transported into a different world and immersed in a story.
Video examples
How can sculptures save...
talking about decommissioned oil wells rather than scrap them as most regulations require we could apply a wave or tidal energy to prevent corrosion and to provide an alkaline boost to counterbalance the ocean acidification caused by carbon absorption it's a great per McTwist my
Video examples
How does alcohol make...
Endorphins help us to calm down in response to stress or danger. Elevated levels of endorphins contribute to the euphoria and relaxation associated with alcohol consumption. Finally, as the liver’s breakdown of alcohol outpaces the brain’s absorption, drunkenness fades away.
Video examples
Rachel Armstrong:...
Living systems are in constant conversation with the natural world, through sets of chemical reactions called metabolism. And this is the conversion of one group of substances into another, either through the production or the absorption of energy.
Video examples
Khalil Ramadi:...
Much like we did just a few minutes ago. Using our devices, we could stimulate the stomach to tackle nausea or influence satiety or the intestine to change the way we digest things like glucose by affecting absorption of nutrients in food.
Video examples
Why you shouldn't worry...
Scratchy, hard stool is, to put it mildly, unpleasant. It also increases bacterial mass. The water and bacteria together increase the bulk of the stool, which helps it move along. Fiber also slows absorption of sugars into the bloodstream
Video examples
Understanding the rise...
a history of conquest, occupation, absorption, assimilation and so on, led to the process by which, over time, this notion of the Han emerged -- of course, nurtured by a growing and very powerful sense of cultural identity.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
years again in order to be fully mature word so that men contribute a lot when it comes to the absorption of the Sun it's like a scarf it helps them when it's cold and it brings quite a lot of
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Bennett Miller
American Director
Silence is absorption, and when you're watching a film and you're that quiet and you're that still, at least from my experience of watching films, that indicates an absorption, where you're really in the moment. You're really present. What you're seeing is vital to you in that moment, and it's tingling, and it's alive, and it matters.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
If our moral attitudes are entirely the result of nonrational factors, such as gut feelings and the absorption of cultural norms, they should either be stable or randomly drift over time, like skirt lengths or the widths of ties. They shouldn't show systematic change over human history. But they do.
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Travis Bradberry
American Author
Drinking lemon water as soon as you wake up spikes your energy levels physically and mentally. Lemon water gives you steady, natural energy that lasts the length of the day by improving nutrient absorption in your stomach.
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Suzanne Somers
American Actress
When your body absorbs toxins, it stores them in fat, which is why fiber and probiotics are strategic weapons for weight loss. Fiber keeps your colon healthy and reduces your body's absorption of toxins.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
I am permanently a student of people who make great songs, but besides sort of learning by absorption, I just love listening to music, hearing what's going on, hearing new things or new old things.
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Harold E. Varmus
American Scientist
I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
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Andrew Weil
American Scientist
We have known for many years that we need vitamin D to facilitate calcium absorption and promote bone mineralization.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
It is important to create credit absorption capacity rather than to just enhance lending targets.
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George Pierce Baker
American Educator
Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.
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Wilfrid Laurier
Canadian Statesman
Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion.
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Bennett Miller
American Director
Silence is absorption, and when you're watching a film and you're that quiet and you're that still, at least from my experience of watching films, that indicates an absorption, where you're really in the moment. You're really present. What you're seeing is vital to you in that moment, and it's tingling, and it's alive, and it matters.
Quote examples
Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
If our moral attitudes are entirely the result of nonrational factors, such as gut feelings and the absorption of cultural norms, they should either be stable or randomly drift over time, like skirt lengths or the widths of ties. They shouldn't show systematic change over human history. But they do.
Quote examples
Travis Bradberry
American Author
Drinking lemon water as soon as you wake up spikes your energy levels physically and mentally. Lemon water gives you steady, natural energy that lasts the length of the day by improving nutrient absorption in your stomach.
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Suzanne Somers
American Actress
When your body absorbs toxins, it stores them in fat, which is why fiber and probiotics are strategic weapons for weight loss. Fiber keeps your colon healthy and reduces your body's absorption of toxins.
Quote examples
John Darnielle
American Musician
I am permanently a student of people who make great songs, but besides sort of learning by absorption, I just love listening to music, hearing what's going on, hearing new things or new old things.
Quote examples
Harold E. Varmus
American Scientist
I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
Quote examples
Andrew Weil
American Scientist
We have known for many years that we need vitamin D to facilitate calcium absorption and promote bone mineralization.
Quote examples
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
It is important to create credit absorption capacity rather than to just enhance lending targets.
Quote examples
George Pierce Baker
American Educator
Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.
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Wilfrid Laurier
Canadian Statesman
Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion.
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