different between absorption vs absorbent

English

Etymology

First attested in 1597. From Latin absorpti? (“a sucking in”), from absorbe? (“absorb”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?z??p.?n?/, /?b?s??p.?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s??p.?n?/, /æb?z??p.?n?/, /?b?z??p.?n?/, /?b?s??p.?n?/
• Hyphenation: ab?sorp?tion

Noun

absorption (countable and uncountable, plural absorptions)

1. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
   1. (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land. [Attested from the late 16^th century until the mid 18^th century.]
   2. assimilation; incorporation. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

      the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger

      the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool

   3. (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. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

      the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

   4. (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).
   5. (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. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
2. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

   absorption in some employment

3. Mental assimilation. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
4. (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

Translations

References

• absorption in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• absorption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• probations, saprobiont

Finnish

Noun

absorption

1. genitive singular of absorptio

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.s??p.sj??/

Noun

absorption f (plural absorptions)

1. absorption

Further reading

• “absorption” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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)

1. Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18^th century.]

Derived terms

• absorbent ground
• nonabsorbent

Translations

Noun

absorbent (plural absorbents)

1. Anything which absorbs. [First attested in the early 18^th century.]
2. (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 18^th century.]
3. (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.
4. (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)

1. absorbent

Noun

absorbent m (plural absorbents)

1. absorbent

Related terms

• absorbir

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.s??.b??/

Verb

absorbent

1. 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

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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