Synonym: assimilation, concentration, engrossment, immersion, preoccupancy, preoccupation, soaking up. Similar words: absolution, absorb, absorbed, option, corporation, inception, adoption, deception. Meaning: [əb'sɔːpʃn] n. 1. (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid 2. (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium 3. the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another 4. the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion 5. complete attention; intense mental effort 6. the mental state of being preoccupied by something.
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61. Another class has extremely high reflectivity with absolutely no evidence of absorption of light by ferrous iron.
62. For example, the basic principles of absorption and emission measurements and dynamic light scattering are discussed in the relevant chapters.
63. Plasma insulin concentration was measured in duplicate by radioimmunoassay with a charcoal absorption step to separate bound from free insulin.
64. This capacity for absorption, as we have seen, is not unusual for pentecostalism.
65. In the past, much of the work with flowing gases used photographic recording of electronic emission or absorption spectra.
66. The tannins affect the absorption by the birds' guts of certain essential nutrients causing low growth rates which are sometimes fatal.
67. There would therefore be an additive effect on the passive water absorption that occurs secondary to solute absorption.
68. Other adverse reactions due to systemic absorption, such as hypoglycaemia, rash, and acute renal failure, are rare.
69. The acid microenvironment contributes to intestinal absorption of weak acids.
70. Ultrastructural changes in colonic mucosa consistent with increased absorption have been described in ulcerative colitis, in both affected and unaffected areas.
71. Special noise absorption materials are even mixed with road asphalt and coat electric power lines here.
72. Stool frequency and volume decreased and bile acid absorption increased after treatment.
73. Following absorption in the intestinal tract, potassium is partially filtered from the plasma by the kidneys.
74. This absorption band comes from the spherical geometry of the particles and the particular optical properties of the gold.
75. Efforts at improving oral rehydration solutions have hitherto focused on the role of various substances in improving small bowel absorption.
76. What if some one could undergo that absorption with a cool ... dare I say it? ... scientific rationale.
77. This occurs because the gastrointestinal absorption of magnesium is not depressed in chronic renal failure.
78. Although the patients in remission showed a slightly higher absorption of PEGs,(http://sentencedict.com/absorption.html) this rise was not statistically significant.
79. After the intake of azo-bound drugs, the mucosal concentrations are very low despite a low systemic absorption.
80. In Brunssons's experiments, hexamethonium often turned fluid secretion into fluid absorption.
81. Licorice Phytosome enhances better absorption of the active ingredients and increases their effectiveness for a prolonged period of time.
82. Its endogenous synthesis and urinary excretion have been well established, but no consensus exists concerning the mode of intestinal absorption.
83. To determine these it is necessary to use a slower method such as atomic absorption spectroscopy or neutron activation.
84. Vitamin D deficiency decreases intestinal calcium absorption, resulting in hypocalcemia.
85. This observation indicates that the absorption band within which the excitation occurred is of the metal-to-ligand or the ligand-to-metal charge-transfer type.
86. Full costing using absorption methods includes fixed overheads and thus would not be appropriate for decision-making purposes.
87. Two methods of desaturation were used - absorption by porous plate and centrifuge.
88. And we do know that for some gravitational reason we've yet to fathom, the absorption effect is nullified below ground-level.
89. You do away with any critical faculty which might block absorption.
90. He also tends to urinate on vertical surfaces so that some liquid is lost to evaporation and absorption.
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