Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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absorption | Yes | No | No | No |
biological process | Yes | No | No | No |
absorption (noun) | biological process (noun) |
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the mental state of being preoccupied by something | a process occurring in living organisms |
complete attention; intense mental effort | |
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid | |
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | |
(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium | |
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |