absorption
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"A remarkable Ruby: Absorption in dense gas, rather than evolved stars, drives the extreme Balmer break of a Little Red Dot at z = 3.5" in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025
Absorption decreases until the proton exchange reaches equilibrium.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2024
Absorption of water from the filtrate would decrease, indicated by decreased loss of water in the ascending loop of Henle, increased solute secretion into the distal tubule, and decreased water absorbtion in the collecting duct.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The instrument, called a Long Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometer, collects information by beaming light from a parking garage to reflectors set at different heights in Fairbanks, and then studying the information that comes back.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2022
Absorption by red, blue, and green glasses 99 18.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by Abney, W. de W.
Vocabulary lists containing absorption
Chemistry - Introductory
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Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Chemistry - High School
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