different between meditate vs absorption

English

Etymology

From Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”), in form as if frequentative of mederi (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Greek ?????? (meletô, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”)

Pronunciation

Verb

meditate (third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)

1. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
2. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
3. (transitive) To consider; to reflect on.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

• meditative
• meditation
• meditator

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• admittee, datetime

Italian

Verb

meditate

1. second-person plural present indicative of meditare
2. second-person plural imperative of meditare
3. feminine plural of meditato

Latin

Participle

medit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of medit?tus

References

• meditate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meditate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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).