eng: absorption

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Meaning
means	(noun) (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid soaking up, absorption
means	(noun) (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" absorption
means	(noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another assimilation, absorption
means	(noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion absorption, assimilation
means	(noun) complete attention; intense mental effort concentration, immersion, absorption, engrossment
means	(noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something engrossment, preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption
means	e/Absorption (acoustics)