Absorbent - English meaning

Absorbent – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
(of a material) able to soak up liquid easily.
Usage examples:
Absorbent kitchen paper
Synonims:
Porous Spongy Sponge-like Permeable Pervious Absorptive Penetrable Assimilative Receptive Soaking Blotting Spongiform Sorbefacient

noun
A substance that soaks up liquid easily.
Usage examples:
There was a bit of a leak from the tanker so we put absorbents down to soak up the spillage, of abo…

adjective
Able to take in liquids esp. through the surface
Usage examples:
Absorbent paper towels

Absorbent translation into English

Absorbent: translate from English into Chinese

吸水

Absorbent: translate from English into Dutch

Absorberend, Absorbens, Absorberende stof

Absorbent: translate from English into French

Absorbant

Absorbent: translate from English into German

Saugfähig, Absorbens, Absorbierend, Aufsaugend

Absorbent: translate from English into Hindi

शोषक, सोखनेवाला, प्रचूषक, प्रचूषी

Absorbent: translate from English into Italian

Assorbente

Absorbent: translate from English into Korean

흡착제, 흡수성의

Absorbent: translate from English into Russian

Абсорбент, Абсорбирующий, Поглощающий, Поглотитель, Всасывающее вещество, Всасывающий

Absorbent: translate from English into Spanish

Absorbente, Hidrófilo

Word origin

early 18th century: from Latin absorbent- ‘swallowing up’, from the verb absorbere (see absorb).

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Absorbent – similar words

absorbancy

noun
Absorbency.

noun
The ratio of the absorbance of a solution to that of a similar body of pure solvent, giving a measure of the concentration of the solute.

Absorbancy - all meanings in English

absorbance

noun
A measure of the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a specified wavelength. it is equal to the logarithm of the reciprocal of the transmittance.
Usage examples:
A plot of absorbance versus wavelength would give a gaussian curve

Absorbance - all meanings in English

absorbable

adjective
Able to be absorbed, especially into the body.
Usage examples:
When the bacteria (lactobacillus acidophillus, bifidus or bulgaricus) grow to make yoghurt, they do…

adjective
An absorbable substance can be absorbed, especially by the body
Usage examples:
Fizzy drinks provide readily absorbable sugar and lead to a rapid increase in glucose levels., cook…

Absorbable - all meanings in English

absorb

verb
Take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action.
Usage examples:
Buildings can be designed to absorb and retain heat

verb
To take in a liquid, gas, or chemical
Usage examples:
The black clay soil around here doesn’t absorb water very well., fig. the country has absorbed mill…

verb
If an organization absorbs the cost of something, it pays that cost
Usage examples:
The law school has absorbed most of the expenses so far, but it may have to offer fewer places next…

Absorb - all meanings in English

Absorbent synonims

absorptive

adjective
Capable of absorbing energy, a liquid, or another substance.
Usage examples:
Material having a high absorptive capacity

adjective
Able to take liquids or other substances in through a surface and to hold them
Usage examples:
The compound is formed so that it can enable uptake by absorptive cells., the absorptive surfaces o…

Absorptive - all meanings in English

assimilative

adjective
Relating to or causing assimilation (= the process of becoming a part, or making someone become a part of a group, country, etc.)
Usage examples:
They resisted strong assimilative pressures from the society in which they were living., we need a …

Assimilative - all meanings in English

blotting

verb
Dry (a wet surface or substance) using an absorbent material.
Usage examples:
Henry blotted the page

noun
A dark mark or stain made by ink, paint, dirt, etc.
Usage examples:
A blot of ink

noun
A procedure in which proteins or nucleic acids separated on a gel are transferred directly to an immobilizing medium for identification.
Usage examples:
The protein blot results for these high-expressing lines are shown in figure 5b.

Blotting - all meanings in English

penetrable

adjective
Allowing things to pass through; permeable.
Usage examples:
The outer membrane is penetrable

adjective
If a place or substance is penetrable, you can move into it or through it
Usage examples:
The riverside bushes were certainly very thick, but the undergrowth behind was evidently penetrable…

Penetrable - all meanings in English

permeable

adjective
(of a material or membrane) allowing liquids or gases to pass through it.
Usage examples:
A frog's skin is permeable to water

adjective
Allowing liquids or gases to go through

Permeable - all meanings in English

pervious

adjective
(of a substance) allowing water to pass through; permeable.
Usage examples:
Pervious rocks

Pervious - all meanings in English

porous

adjective
(of a rock or other material) having minute interstices through which liquid or air may pass.
Usage examples:
Layers of porous limestones

Porous - all meanings in English

receptive

adjective
Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.
Usage examples:
A receptive audience

Receptive - all meanings in English

soaking

adjective
Extremely wet; wet through.
Usage examples:
His jacket was soaking

noun
An act of wetting something thoroughly.
Usage examples:
In spring, give the soil a good soaking

verb
Make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.
Usage examples:
Soak the beans overnight in water

Soaking - all meanings in English

sorbefacient

adjective
Causing absorption.

noun
A sorbefacient drug etc.

Sorbefacient - all meanings in English

spongiform

adjective
Having or denoting a porous structure or consistency resembling that of a sponge.
Usage examples:
Spongiform changes in the cerebral grey matter

Spongiform - all meanings in English

spongy

adjective
Like a sponge, especially in being porous, compressible, or absorbent.
Usage examples:
A soft, spongy blanket of moss

adjective
Soft and able to absorb a lot of liquid
Usage examples:
The ground was damp and spongy.

Spongy - all meanings in English

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