A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid. / (nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor. / A person who absorbs.

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.

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