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absorption
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Noun
  • the mental state of being preoccupied by something
  • complete attention; intense mental effort
  • the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
  • the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
  • (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
    • the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules
  • (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
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