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absorbent
English
Etymology
From Latin absorb?ns, present active participle of absorbe? (“absorb”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?s??.bn?t/, /?b?z??.bn?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /æb?s??.bn?t/, /æb?z??.bn?t/, /?b?s??.bn?t/, /?b?z??.bn?t/
Adjective
absorbent (comparative more absorbent, superlative most absorbent)
- Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
Derived terms
- absorbent ground
- nonabsorbent
Translations
Noun
absorbent (plural absorbents)
- Anything which absorbs. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
- (physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- (medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
- (chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: absorbent
Translations
References
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?p.so??bent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?p.sur?ben/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ap.so??bent/
Adjective
absorbent (masculine and feminine plural absorbents)
- absorbent
Noun
absorbent m (plural absorbents)
- absorbent
Related terms
- absorbir
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.s??.b??/
Verb
absorbent
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of absorber
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ab?sor.bent/, [äp?s??rb?n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ap?sor.bent/, [?p?s?rb?n?t?]
Verb
absorbent
- third-person plural present active indicative of absorbe?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English absorbent, from Latin absorb?ns, present active participle of absorbe? (“absorb”), from ab- +? sorbe? (“suck in, drink down, swallow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abs?r?b?nt/, /aps?r?b?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
- Hyphenation: ab?sor?bent
Noun
absorbent m (definite singular absorbenten, indefinite plural absorbenter, definite plural absorbentene)
- an absorbent or absorber (something which absorbs)
Synonyms
- absorbator (“absorber, absorbent”)
References
- “absorbent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “absorbent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “absorbent” in Store norske leksikon
Polish
Etymology
From Latin absorb?ns (“absorbing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap?s?r.b?nt/
Noun
absorbent m inan
- absorbent, absorber (anything which absorbs)
Declension
Related terms
- (adjectives) absorpcyjny, adsorpcyjny, desorpcyjny, resorpcyjny, sorpcyjny
- (adverbs) absorpcyjnie, adsorpcyjnie, resorpcyjnie, sorpcyjnie
- (nouns) absorbancja, absorbat, absorber, absorbowanie, absorpcja, absorpcyjno??, absorpcjometria, adsorbat, adsorber, adsorbent, adsorbowanie, adsorpcja, adsorpcyjno??, desorber, desorbowanie, desorpcja, resorber, resorbowanie, resorpcja, sorbat, sorbent, sorbowanie, sorpcja, sorpcyjno??, zaabsorbowanie, zaadsorbowanie, zdesorbowanie, zresorbowanie
- (verbs) absorbowa?, adsorbowa?, resorbowa?, sorbowa?, zaabsorbowa?, zaadsorbowa?, zdesorbowa?, zresorbowa?
Further reading
- absorbent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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cellular
English
Etymology
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Adjective
cellular (comparative more cellular, superlative most cellular)
- Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
cellular (plural cellulars)
- (US, informal) A cellular phone (mobile phone).
- 1994, "Red Museum", (episode of The X-Files TV series)
- MULDER: Yeah, Eddie, this is all good stuff. Yeah, see what else you can find on him from the N.C.I.C. and call me back. At, at this number or on my cellular.
- 1994, "Red Museum", (episode of The X-Files TV series)
Hypernyms
- See also Thesaurus:phone
Translations
See also
- cell phone
Interlingua
Adjective
cellular (not comparable)
- cellular
Related terms
- cellula
cellular From the web:
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- what cellular process occurs in the chloroplast
- what cellular event is indicated by a
- what cellular processes require atp
- what cellular process produces atp
- what cellular process is affected by hpv
- what cellular process takes place in the ribosomes
- what cellular process is directly responsible for this regeneration
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