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See definition of absorption on Dictionary.com
  • nounassimilation, incorporation
  • nountotal attention toward something

synonyms for absorption

  • consumption
  • digestion
  • intake
  • penetration
  • retention
  • saturation
  • exhaustion
  • fusion
  • imbibing
  • impregnation
  • ingestion
  • inhalation
  • osmosis
  • reception
  • suction
  • drinking in
  • soaking up
  • taking in
On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to absorption, such as: consumption, digestion, intake, penetration, retention, and saturation.

antonyms for absorption

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  • boredom
  • distraction
  • surrender
  • boredom
  • distraction
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How to use absorption in a sentence

The Halo from Aston Microphones is specifically engineered with ridges to maximize surface area and consequently provide the maximum sound absorption possible in this portable form factor.
THE BEST RECORDING ISOLATION SHIELDS FOR TRACKING AUDIO IN ANY SPACEPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMSEPTEMBER 25, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Additionally, the outer segments can fold independently to use the isolation shield in tighter spaces or when more sound absorption is required.
THE BEST RECORDING ISOLATION SHIELDS FOR TRACKING AUDIO IN ANY SPACEPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMSEPTEMBER 25, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Simulated stones were constructed to minimize sound absorption, much like actual stones at Stonehenge, Cox says.
STONEHENGE ENHANCED SOUNDS LIKE VOICES OR MUSIC FOR PEOPLE INSIDE THE MONUMENTBRUCE BOWERAUGUST 31, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
The model’s predictions matched the absorption peaks of chlorophyll a and b, which green plants use to harvest red and blue light.
WHY ARE PLANTS GREEN? TO REDUCE THE NOISE IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS.RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGAJULY 30, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
Applying the model to the sunlight available where those bacteria live, the researchers predicted what the optimal absorption peaks should be.
WHY ARE PLANTS GREEN? TO REDUCE THE NOISE IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS.RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGAJULY 30, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
Tests are of value in recognizing poisoning from ingestion and in detecting absorption from carbolized dressings.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
It is a blind act of unconscious absorption, however little be absorbed.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)
It all charmed him inexpressibly, so that he realised—yes, in a sense—the degradation of his twenty years' absorption in business.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOOD
A simple experiment of Boussingault's illustrates this absorption very strikingly.
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYTHOMAS ANDERSON
In the flowers, both by day and night, there is a constant absorption of oxygen, and evolution of carbonic acid.
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYTHOMAS ANDERSON
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WORDS RELATED TO ABSORPTION

  • absorption
  • abstraction
  • distraction
  • dreaminess
  • forgetfulness
  • heedlessness
  • inattention
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