absorbent

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more absorbent

Superlative

most absorbent

1.
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

absorbents

1.
Anything which absorbs.
2.
(archaic)(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.
3.
(medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
4.
(physical)(physical chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (absorb).