For Absorption we have terms and definitions in 38 topics. The topics are Accounting, Batteries, Biology, Car Care, Carpet, Cholesterol, Climatology, Corrosion, Environment, Environmental Health, Fiber Optics, Financial Modeling, Ham Radio, Health, Home Theater, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Insulation, International Economics, Lighting, Lighting Design, Liver, Biliary and Pancreatic Di, Logistics, Natural Gas, Nutrition, Ozone Protection, Paper, Pavement, Photography, Physical Geography, Real Estate, Sanitation, Satellite Meteorology, Science, Shipping, Technology, Toxic Substances, Vitamins and Weather.

Absorption (Accounting)

see ABSORB.

Absorption (Batteries)

The taking up or retention of one material by another by chemical or molecular action.

Absorption (Biology)

The process in which nutrients enter cells of the villi, then move across the cells and enter blood vessels.

Absorption (Car Care)

The assimilation of one material into another; in petroleum refining, the use of an absorptive liquid to selectively remove components from a process stream.

Absorption (Carpet)

1. the property of a fiber, yarn or fabric which enables it to attract and hold gases or liquids within it’s pore by capillary, osmotic, solvent, or chemical action (See adsorption). 2. To take a substance into the body through surfaces such as the lungs, gastrointestinal tract, or skin, and ultimately into body fluids or tissues. The process of gasses or liquids being taken up into the pores of a fiber, yarn, or fabric (Also see absorption).

Absorption (Cholesterol)

Uptake. In the biomedical sciences, absorption has diverse specific meanings.
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Absorption (Climatology)

The process of retaining incident radiant energy in a substance

Absorption (Corrosion)

A process in which liquid molecules are taken up by a liquid or solid and distributed throughout the body of that liquid or solid. Compare with adsorption.

Absorption (Environment)

The uptake of water , other fluids, or dissolved chemicals by a cell or an organism (as tree roots absorb dissolved nutrients in soil.)

Absorption (Environmental Health)

The process of taking in, as when a sponge takes up water. Chemicals can be absorbed into the bloodstream after breathing or swallowing. Chemicals can also be absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream and then transported to other organs. Not all of the chemical breathed, swallowed, or touched is always absorbed.

Absorption (Fiber Optics)

The absorbing of light energy within an optical fiber due to natural impurities in the glass. Absorption and scattering are the main cause of attenuation (signal loss) in an optical fiber.

Absorption (Financial Modeling)

Assignment of fixed costs to products as they are booked into product cost. The higher the volume, the lower the cost that must be assigned to each unit.

Absorption (Ham Radio)

The reduction in a radio signal strength in the ionosphere.

Absorption (Health)

The process by which nutrients from food move from the small intestine into the cells in the body.

Absorption (Home Theater)

Reduction of acoustical energy usually by converting it into heat via friction using soft, fibrous materials.

Absorption (Hormone Replacement Therapy)

Uptake. In the biomedical sciences, absorption has diverse specific meanings.

Absorption (Insulation)

The process of drawing fluid or gas into a porous material, such as a sponge soaking up water.

Absorption (International Economics)

Total demand for goods and services by all residents (consumers, producers, and government) of a country (as opposed to total demand for that country's output). The term was introduced as part of the Absorption Approach.

Absorption (Lighting)

Refers to a measure of the amount of light absorbed by an object, instead of being reflected. Dark colored and matte surfaces are least likely to reflect light.

Absorption (Lighting Design)

A process by which incident radiant flux is converted to another form of energy, usually (and ultimately) heat.

Absorption (Liver, Biliary and Pancreatic Di)

The way nutrients from food move from the small intestine into the cells in the body.

Absorption (Logistics)

One carrier assumes the charges of another without any increase in charges to the shipper.

Absorption (Natural Gas)

The extraction of one or more components from a mixture of gases when gases and liquids are brought into contact. The assimilation or extraction process causes (or is accompanied by) a physical or chemical change, or both, in the sorbent material. Compare ADSORPTION.

Absorption (Nutrition)

Nutritionally, the process by which nutrients are passed from the intestinal tract into the bloodstream to be used by the body. If nutrients are not properly absorbed, nutritional deficiencies can result.

Absorption (Ozone Protection)

A process by which a material (the absorbent) extracts one or more substances (absorbates) from a liquid or gaseous medium that it is in contact with and changes chemically, physically, or both. The process is accompanied by a change in entropy which makes it a useful mechanism for a refrigeration cycle. Water-lithium bromine and ammonia-water chillers are examples of absorption chillers.

Absorption (Paper)

The properties within paper that cause it to absorb liquids (inks, water, etc.) which come in contact with it.

Absorption (Pavement)

The amount of water absorbed under specific conditions, usually expressed as a percentage of the dry weight of the material; the process by which the water is absorbed.

Absorption (Photography)

Occurs when light is partially or completely absorbed by a surface, converting its energy to heat.

Absorption (Physical Geography)

(1) Process of taking in and being made part of an existing amount of matter.
(2) Interception of electromagnetic radiation or sound.

Absorption (Real Estate)

The filling of space, such as the rental of units or sale of a tract of land. The time or rate must be estimated and considered as part of the owner's (often a builders) cost.

Absorption (Sanitation)

(1) The taking up of one substance into the body of another. (2) Selective concentration of dissolved solids from solution by diffusion into the interior of a solid material. Not to be confused with adsorption.

Absorption (Satellite Meteorology)

The process by which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance.

Absorption (Science)

The process by which a substance takes up materials or energy

Absorption (Shipping)

"Absorption is investment and consumption purchases by households,businesses, and governments, both domestic and imported. When absorption exceeds production, the excess is the country's current account deficit."

Absorption (Technology)

attenuation of a lightwave signal by impurities or fiber-fore imperfections, or of a microwave signal by oxygen or water vapor in the atmosphere

Absorption (Toxic Substances)

The process of taking in. For a person or an animal, absorption is the process of a substance getting into the body through the eyes, skin, stomach, intestines, or lungs.

Absorption (Vitamins)

The physiological process where nutrients are assimilated into the bloodstream from the digestive tract. (See Malabsorption).

Absorption (Weather)

The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance. The absorbed radiation is then transformed into molecular energy.

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