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Definitions for absorption

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  • The mental state of being preoccupied by something

  • Complete attention; intense mental effort

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

  • The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

  • (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

  • The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

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