'absorption' definitions:
Definition of 'absorption'
(from WordNet)
noun
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid [syn: absorption, soaking up]
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"
noun
The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another [syn: assimilation, absorption]
noun
The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion [syn: assimilation, absorption]
noun
noun
The mental state of being preoccupied by something [syn: preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment]
Synonyms of 'absorption'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablation,
- absence of mind,
- absentmindedness,
- absorbed attention,
- absorbency,
- absorbent,
- abstractedness,
- abstraction,
- adsorbent,
- adsorption,
- application,
- assimilation,
- attrition,
- bemusement,
- bile,
- blotter,
- blotting,
- blotting paper,
- brown study,
- burning up,
- castle-building,
- chemisorption,
- chemosorption,
- close study,
- concentration,
- consumption,
- contemplation,
- contemplativeness,
- daydream,
- daydreamer,
- daydreaming,
- deep study,
- deep thought,
- depletion,
- depth of thought,
- digestion,
- digestive system,
- drain,
- dream,
- dreaming,
- eating up,
- embarrassment,
- endosmosis,
- engagement,
- engrossment,
- enmeshment,
- entanglement,
- erosion,
- exhaustion,
- exosmosis,
- expending,
- expenditure,
- fantasy,
- fantasying,
- finishing,
- fit of abstraction,
- gastric juice,
- gastrointestinal tract,
- imbibing,
- immersion,
- implication,
- impoverishment,
- inclusion,
- infiltration,
- ingestion,
- intentness,
- intestinal juice,
- involution,
- involvement,
- liver,
- meditation,
- melancholy,
- monomania,
- mooning,
- moonraking,
- muse,
- musefulness,
- musing,
- muted ecstasy,
- obsession,
- osmosis,
- pancreas,
- pancreatic digestion,
- pancreatic juice,
- pensiveness,
- percolation,
- pipe dream,
- pipe-dreaming,
- predigestion,
- preoccupation,
- profound thought,
- rapt attention,
- reflectiveness,
- relation,
- reverie,
- saliva,
- salivary digestion,
- salivary glands,
- secondary digestion,
- seepage,
- single-mindedness,
- soaking-up,
- sorption,
- speculativeness,
- spending,
- sponge,
- sponging,
- squandering,
- stargazing,
- studiousness,
- study,
- submersion,
- taking-in,
- thoughtfulness,
- trance,
- using up,
- Walter Mitty,
- wastage,
- waste,
- wastefulness,
- wasting away,
- wearing away,
- wearing down,
- wistfulness,
- woolgathering