absorbency
n. ability to soak up; capacity to take in | ||||
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Absorbency Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Absorbency
(n.)
Absorptiveness.
(n.)
Absorptiveness.
| WordNet 2.0 |
absorbency
Noun
1. the property of being absorbent
(antonym) nonabsorbency
(hypernym) permeability, permeableness
(attribute) absorbent, absorptive
Noun
1. the property of being absorbent
(antonym) nonabsorbency
(hypernym) permeability, permeableness
(attribute) absorbent, absorptive
| hEnglish - advanced version |
absorbency
absorbency
\ab*sorb"en*cy\ (&?;), n. absorptiveness.
absorbency
\ab*sorb"en*cy\ (&?;), n. absorptiveness.
Absorbency Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rabintex Ballistic Dictionary |
Absorbency
The ability of a fabric to absorb moisture. Absorbency is a very important property affecting many other characteristics such as skin comfort, static build-up, shrinkage, stain removal, water repellency, and wrinkle recovery
The ability of a fabric to absorb moisture. Absorbency is a very important property affecting many other characteristics such as skin comfort, static build-up, shrinkage, stain removal, water repellency, and wrinkle recovery
Absorbency Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of papermaking terms |
ABSORBENCY
Ability of paper or board to take up or retain aqueous solutions; printing inks, varnishes and the like.
Ability of paper or board to take up or retain aqueous solutions; printing inks, varnishes and the like.
Absorbency Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Absorption
Absorption may refer to:
- Absorption (chemistry), absorption of particles of gas or liquid in liquid or solid material
- Absorption (cooking), a method in cooking in which a food (such as rice) takes up the liquid in which it is immersed
- Absorption (skin), a route by which substances can enter the body through the skin
- Absorption (pharmacokinetics), absorption of drugs in body
- Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), absorption of light or other electromagnetic radiation by a material
- Absorption (acoustics) , absorption of sound waves by a material
- Absorption (digestive), the uptake of substances by the gastrointestinal tract
- Absorption air conditioning
- Absorption law, in mathematics, an identity linking a pair of binary operations
- Dielectric absorption, interaction and absorption of energy from an applied electromagnetic field by a dielectric material
- Flow (psychology), a state of total mental "absorption"
- Absorption (economics), the total demand of an economy for goods and services both from within and without
- Absorption refrigeration
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