Absorption

(noun.) (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid.

(noun.) (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; 'the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules'.

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• This process is repeated several times, the object of it being not so much to give relief to the lines, as to roughen the surface of the stone, and thus facilitate its absorption of water. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Absorption and Compression Methods Described. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Vaporisation, absorption, compression or reduction of atmospheric pressure are the principal methods of producing cold. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• And such media have no fixed saturation point where further absorption is impossible. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Carré of France invented successful machines about 1870 for making ice by the rapid absorption and evaporation of heat by the ammonia process. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The talk among the rest went on unrestrainedly, for nothing disturbed Caleb's absorption except shaking the table when he was writing. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The principle of making ice by evaporation and absorption may be illustrated by two examples of the Carré methods:--It is well known what a great attraction sulphuric acid has for water. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Absorption, engrossment, full concern with subject matter for its own sake, nurture it. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Too passionate an absorption in public affairs is felt to be a somewhat shallow performance, and the reformer is patronized as a well-meaning but rather dull fellow. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Absorption machines were the outgrowth of Faraday’s observations in 1823. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• That is why their issues are so sterile; that is why the absorption in next steps is a diversion from statesmanship. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• After several relapses into business-absorption, Mr. Lorry had become the Doctor's friend, and the quiet street-corner was the sunny part of his life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• And undue absorption at the outset in the physical object of sense hampers this growth. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Lily started from her attitude of absorption; her smile faded and she began to move toward the lane. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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