A material that can be absorbed.

The state or quality of being absorbable.

present participle of absorb

Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. / (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

Anything which absorbs. / (physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

simple past tense and past participle of absorb

Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. / Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absorb

(physics) A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density.

Alternative form of absorbance