Usually means: Process of taking in substances.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. absorption: Merriam-Webster
  2. absorption: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. absorption: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. absorption: Collins English Dictionary
  5. absorption: Vocabulary.com
  6. Absorption, absorption: Wordnik
  7. absorption: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. absorption: Wiktionary
  9. absorption: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. absorption: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. absorption: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. absorption: Dictionary.com
  13. absorption: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Absorption (acoustics), Absorption (biology), Absorption (chemistry), Absorption (digestive), Absorption (economics), Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Absorption (logic), Absorption (optics), Absorption (pharmacokinetics), Absorption (pharmacology), Absorption (psychology), Absorption (skin), Absorption (small intestine), Absorption: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Absorption: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. absorption: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. absorption: Rhymezone
  18. Absorption: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. absorption: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. absorption: FreeDictionary.org
  21. absorption: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. absorption: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. absorption: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. absorption: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. absorption: Merriam-Webster

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. absorption: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  3. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  4. Absorption: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. absorption: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. ABSORPTION: Accounting Glossary
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  5. Absorption (biology), Absorption (digestive), absorption: Legal dictionary
  6. absorption: Financial dictionary
  7. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Absorption (acoustics), Absorption (biology), Absorption (digestive), Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), absorption: Encyclopedia

Medicine (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. absorption: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Absorption: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  10. absorption: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  12. Absorption (biology), Absorption (digestive), absorption: Medical dictionary
  13. Absorption: Drug Medical Dictionary
  14. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  3. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  5. Environmental Terminology Discovery Service (No longer online)
  6. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Absorption: Extragalactic Astronomy
  8. absorption: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  9. Accelerator Glossary (No longer online)
  10. absorption: Natural History Terms
  11. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Tech (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. absorption: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)
  3. Book Binding (No longer online)
  4. absorption: Electronics
  5. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  6. absorption: Lighting Design Glossary
  7. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Common Hearth and Heating Terms (No longer online)
  9. Absorption: Nikonians Photo Glossary
  10. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  11. ABSORPTION: NOISE CONTROL TERMS
  12. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  13. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  14. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  15. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  16. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  17. Absorption: Science In Your Watershed: Hydrologic Definitions
  18. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  19. ABSORPTION: Power Engineering
  20. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
noun:  (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
noun:  assimilation; incorporation.
noun:  (physical chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
noun:  (meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
noun:  (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
noun:  Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
noun:  Mental assimilation.
noun:  (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

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