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absorbent1718, adjective and noun, from Latin absorbentem (nominative absorbens), present participle of absorbere "swallow up" (see absorb).
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absorbentA 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.
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absorbentA substance, a solid or a liquid, that allows another substance, a liquid or a gas, to permeate it.
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absorbent(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.)
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absorbentSubstance with the ability to take up or absorb another substance.
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absorbentA 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.
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absorbentIngredients that have the capacity to absorb or soak up liquids.
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absorbent1. 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& [..]
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absorbentSubstance with ability to take-up, or absorb another substance.
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absorbentA material that draws liquid or gaseous substances into itself, usually from surfaces or from the air.
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absorbentA 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 [..]
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