absorbent
Example Sentences
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When exposed to a focused beam of electrons, specific regions of the film become more or less absorbent.
From Science Daily
And then, of course, there is the absorbent core—which holds what scientists refer to as the “insult.”
The pads are made from cotton and an absorbent towel-like material to line them.
From BBC
Walk around it, and the shifting, light-reflective and -absorbent white forms create an uncanny illusion of the pillar in jumpy, unstable motion.
From Los Angeles Times
Cleanup teams are skimming and pumping oil from the tributary and deploying absorbent booms and pads to recover oil trapped along the creek bed.
From Los Angeles Times
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