the state of a person's cognitive processes | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
| 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 |