imbibition
Example Sentences
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The scent of Thelephora fastidiosa is bad enough, but, like that of Coprinus picaceus, it is probably derived from the imbibition of the ordure on which it is developed.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
Surface-energy is also expressed in the powerful attractions for water exhibited in imbibition, swelling, capillarity, absorption, surface tensions, etc.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
On this depends the capacity for the absorption or imbibition in the plasm, and the mobility of its molecules, which is very important for the performance of the vital actions.
From Are the Planets Inhabited? by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
Theories are put forward, most learned theories, introducing capillary action, osmosis and cellular imbibition, to explain why the caulicle ascends and the radical descends.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The most jovial of the celebrants tells of his early imbibition of red ink.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
