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absorption

[ab-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-] / æbˈsɔrp ʃən, -ˈzɔrp- /




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The absorption lines were "blueshifted" compared with the redshift of the galaxies themselves.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Chow thinks Tenaga absorption of 120 million ringgit-150 million ringgit in fuel-adjustment charges to be a one-off cost, though the precedent could weigh on sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“They promote absorption within the bowel so they slow down movement within the bowel but they also may stimulate the bowel to grow.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

They then converted the astronomical measurements into something commonly used in laboratory UV-visible spectroscopy: the absorption coefficient of the liquid making up the cloud droplets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Time assumes another dimension now—work and absorption in the search for an answer.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

Organic growth was 10%, of which 4% was same clinic growth and 6% from clinic absorptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

A record of fascinations is at risk of careening into self-indulgence, but “Affinities” is also a record of absorptions, both Dillon’s and those of the artists he loves.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023

These epithelia are active in the secretion and absorptions of molecules.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Their quirky absorptions in, say, physics, baseball stats or investment strategies add enormously to human advancement.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2012

In two such flowers as the primrose and the violet, where the absorptions, to judge by the colours, are almost complementary, are the chemically active rays the same?

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall


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