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 is the process that chemically breaks down food.
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 of water in an amount exceeding 4 per cent indicates incomplete vitrification and failure of such brick is almost certain during the rattler tests.
From American Rural Highways by Agg, T. R. (Thomas Radford)
Vocabulary lists containing absorption
Chemistry - Introductory
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Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Chemistry - High School
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