imbibition

Example Sentences

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The most jovial of the celebrants tells of his early imbibition of red ink.

From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans

A third effect of increasing acidity is that it induces increased imbibition of water by the colloidal gel and causes swelling of the tissue.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

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 Ward, H. Marshall

If, now, we presuppose absorption or even imbibition on the part of the skin, a swelling of the nerve-ends is comprehensible, as the imbibed fluid reaches them.

From The Electric Bath by Schweig, George M.

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