absorptive

How to use absorptive in a sentence

• The cause of this absorptive power is still very imperfectly known.

  Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas Anderson

• Considering epithelium from the point of view of function, it may be classified as protective, absorptive or secretory.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 | Various

• Thus, hydrogen by its absorptive action produces four of the bright lines.

  Myths and Marvels of Astronomy | Richard A. Proctor

• Heat raises the absorptive power of the fibres and so aids the passage of water from the interior of the cells.

  Seasoning of Wood | Joseph B. Wagner

• Why should we find it more difficult to conceive of a tremendous and infinite absorptive element?

  The House of the Vampire | George Sylvester Viereck