imbibition

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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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

The pellicle prevents imbibition, diffusion, and the consequent disintegration.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

If it be summer, there should be a lump of ice in the crystal goblet; and the connoisseur will always hold it between him and the sunlight before imbibition, and ejaculate, "There's a picture!"

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus

But the most remarkable and interesting case of this kind of action is the imbibition of oxygen by metallic platinum.

From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von

The glands secrete a yellowish viscid fluid, by *The distinction between true absorption and mere permeation, or imbibition, is by no means clearly understood: see Mller's 'Physiology,' Eng. translat.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles