the mental state of being preoccupied by something | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
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 | |