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noun
1.
act of imbibing.
2.
Physical Chemistry. the absorption of solvent by a gel.
3.
Photography. (in color printing) absorption of dye by gelatin, as in the dye-transfer process.
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Imbibition
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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imbibition im·bi·bi·tion (ĭm'bə-bĭsh'ən)
n.
Absorption of fluid by a solid or colloid that results in swelling.
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