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Meanings of absorption in English

Portuguese
concentração
Catalan
concentració
Spanish
concentración

Complete attention; intense mental effort.

        concentração
        Portuguese
        preocupação
        Catalan
        preocupació
        Spanish
        preocupación

        The mental state of being preoccupied by something.

              preocupação
              Catalan
              absorció
              Spanish
              absorción

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

                    absorció
                    Portuguese
                    assimilação
                    Catalan
                    assimilació
                    Spanish
                    absorción

                    The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion.

                          assimilação
                          Usage of absorption in English
                          1
                          Results: TCUF and lymphatic absorption were not different between the two groups.
                          Pubmed
                          2
                          Aim: To determine whether concomitant iron affects the absorption of mycophenolate mofetil.
                          Pubmed
                          3
                          They were tragic in the fury of their absorption in their work.
                          Impressions and Comments
                          4
                          His absorption in the race precluded an interest in mere family matters.
                          A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
                          5
                          Her absorption in the small gaieties of the society there surprised him.
                          The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
                          6
                          Summary: Understanding the relationship between nutrient absorption and intestinal inflammation is important.
                          Pubmed
                          7
                          Pre-safe uses inflatable metal structures within the body to increase impact absorption.
                          Wired
                          8
                          Heavier climbers or highball enthusiasts, however, will appreciate the sturdy shock absorption.
                          Climbing Magazine
                          9
                          The general course of these effusions was towards spontaneous absorption and recovery.
                          Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 / Being Mainly a...
                          10
                          Sound, as it were, exempts the ideal from its absorption in matter.
                          The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
                          11
                          And he had gone on in that self-absorption to the very end.
                          The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
                          12
                          The retina showed a much higher general absorption of the analyzing light.
                          Pubmed
                          13
                          He forgot his wound in the complete absorption of his favorite recreation.
                          His Sombre Rivals
                          14
                          Fully delocalized degenerate second and third excitonic states define linear absorption spectra.
                          Pubmed
                          15
                          Ultimately Bergé would move out, unable to cope with Yves's utter self-absorption.
                          The Guardian
                          16
                          After 1 week on the diets, mineral absorption and retention was assessed.
                          Pubmed
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                          Translations for absorption
                          Absorption through the time
                          Absorption across language varieties
                          United States of America
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                          United Kingdom
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