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ab⋅sorb⋅ent

  [ab-sawr-buhnt, -zawr-]
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–adjective
1. capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb.
–noun
2. something that absorbs: Tons of high-powered absorbents were needed to clean up the oil spill.
Origin:
1710–20; < L absorbent- (s. of absorbēns, prp. of absorbēre). See absorb, -ent

Related forms:
ab⋅sorb⋅en⋅cy, noun
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ab·sor·bent   (əb-sôr'bənt, -zôr'-)   
adj.  Capable of absorbing: absorbent cotton.
n.  A substance that is capable of absorbing.
ab·sor'ben·cy n.
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Absorbency

Ab*sorb"en*cy\, n. Absorptiveness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: ab·sor·ben·cy
Pronunciation: &b-'sor-b&n-sE, -'zor-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
1 : the quality or state of being absorbent
2 or ab·sor·ban·cy /-b&n-sE/ : ABSORBANCE
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