1718, adjective and noun, from Latin absorbentem (nominative absorbens), present participle of absorbere "swallow up" (see absorb).

A material which, due to an affinity for certain substances, extracts one or more such substances from a liquid or gaseous medium with which it contacts, and which changes physically, or both, during the process.

A substance, a solid or a liquid, that allows another substance, a liquid or a gas, to permeate it.

(n) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance(adj) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)

Substance with the ability to take up or absorb another substance.

A substance that is capable of extracting into itself one or more of the constituents from another gas and/or liquid mixture. Usually, the absorbent undergoes a physical or chemical change during the extraction. An example is the chemical, amine, which can absorb hydrogen sulphide from raw natural gas.

Ingredients that have the capacity to absorb or soak up liquids.

1. Anything which absorbs. "The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat." (Darwin) 2. <medicine> Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. G, iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. 3. <physiology& [..]

Substance with ability to take-up, or absorb another substance.

A material that draws liquid or gaseous substances into itself, usually from surfaces or from the air.

A material which, due to an affinity for certain substances, extracts one or more such substances from a liquid or gaseous medium with which it contacts and which changes physically or chemically, or [..]