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absorption
Overview of noun absorption
The noun absorption has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) absorption, soaking up -- ((chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid)
2. (3) absorption -- ((physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules")
3. assimilation, absorption -- (the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another)
4. assimilation, absorption -- (the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion)
5. concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion -- (complete attention; intense mental effort)
6. preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment -- (the mental state of being preoccupied by something)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun absorption
6 senses of absorption
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
=> sorption
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
absorption
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
assimilation, absorption
=> social process
=> human process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
assimilation, absorption
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
=> attention
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun absorption
5 of 6 senses of absorption
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
=> imbibition
Sense 3
assimilation, absorption
=> Americanization, Americanisation
=> Anglicization, Anglicisation
=> Europeanization, Europeanisation
=> Westernization, Westernisation
Sense 4
assimilation, absorption
=> anabolism, constructive metabolism
=> malabsorption
Sense 5
concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
=> focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
=> specialism
=> study
Sense 6
preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment
=> abstractedness, abstraction
=> absentmindedness
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun absorption
6 senses of absorption
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
=> sorption
Sense 2
absorption
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
Sense 3
assimilation, absorption
=> social process
Sense 4
assimilation, absorption
=> organic process, biological process
Sense 5
concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
=> attention
Sense 6
preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment
=> cognitive state, state of mind
Antonyms of noun absorption
Member Holonyms of noun absorption
Substance Holonyms of noun absorption
Part Holonyms of noun absorption
1 of 6 senses of absorption
Sense 2
absorption
PART OF: extinction
Member Meronyms of noun absorption
Substance Meronyms of noun absorption
Part Meronyms of noun absorption
Meronyms of noun absorption
Holonyms of noun absorption
1 of 6 senses of absorption
Sense 2
absorption
PART OF: extinction
Attributes of noun absorption
Derived Forms of noun absorption
5 of 6 senses of absorption
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
RELATED TO>(verb) absorb#4
=> absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
RELATED TO>(verb) absorb#1
=> absorb
Sense 2
absorption
RELATED TO>(verb) absorb#6
=> absorb, take in
Sense 3
assimilation, absorption
RELATED TO>(verb) absorb#2
=> absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in
Sense 5
concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
RELATED TO>(verb) absorb#7
=> steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
Sense 6
preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment
RELATED TO>(verb) absorb#9
=> absorb, engross, engage, occupy
Domain of noun absorption
2 of 6 senses of absorption
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Sense 2
absorption
TOPIC>(noun) physics#1, physical science#1, natural philosophy#1
Domain Terms of noun absorption
Familiarity of noun absorption
absorption used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun absorption
6 senses of absorption
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
> sorption
=> absorption, soaking up
=> adsorption, surface assimilation
Sense 2
absorption
> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> radiation
=> absorption
=> acidification
=> adiabatic process
=> aeration
=> antiredeposition
=> capture
=> capture
=> centrifugation
=> chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
=> chromatography
=> concretion
=> condensation
=> convection
=> curdling, clotting, coagulation
=> decay
=> demagnetization, demagnetisation
=> desorption
=> diffusion
=> dissolution, disintegration
=> distillation, distillment
=> drift
=> effervescence
=> electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis
=> establishment, ecesis
=> extinction
=> extraction
=> feedback
=> filtration
=> flocculation
=> flow
=> formation
=> fossilization, fossilisation
=> geological process, geologic process
=> hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing
=> inactivation
=> ion exchange
=> ionization, ionisation
=> leach, leaching
=> magnetization, magnetisation, magnetic induction
=> materialization, materialisation
=> nuclear reaction
=> opacification
=> oscillation
=> oxygenation
=> pair production, pair creation, pair formation
=> phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
=> precession of the equinoxes
=> release
=> saltation
=> scattering
=> sericulture
=> sink
=> soak, soakage, soaking
=> softening
=> sorption
=> source
=> stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification
=> stimulation
=> succession, ecological succession
=> survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection
=> synergy, synergism
=> temperature change
=> transduction
=> transpiration
=> vitrification
Sense 3
assimilation, absorption
> social process
=> assimilation, absorption
=> civilization, civilisation
=> decentralization, decentalisation
=> denazification, de-Nazification
=> destalinization, de-Stalinization, destalinisation, de-Stalinisation
=> marginalization, marginalisation
=> Nazification
=> peace process
=> professionalization, professionalisation
=> Stalinization, Stalinisation
=> urbanization, urbanisation
Sense 4
assimilation, absorption
> organic process, biological process
=> adaptation, adaption, adjustment
=> agglutination
=> aging, ageing, senescence
=> anovulation
=> antisepsis, asepsis
=> assimilation, absorption
=> autoregulation
=> bacteriostasis
=> blooming, bloom
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> carbon cycle
=> catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism
=> cell division, cellular division
=> crossing over, crossover
=> defoliation
=> deossification
=> digestion
=> eburnation
=> ecchymosis
=> effacement
=> erythropoiesis
=> eutrophication
=> evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis
=> expression
=> extravasation
=> gastrulation
=> glycogenesis
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> hematopoiesis, haematopoiesis, hemopoiesis, haemopoiesis, hemogenesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, haematogenesis, sanguification
=> heredity
=> humification
=> hypostasis, epistasis
=> implantation, nidation
=> inhibition
=> invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding
=> involution
=> cytokinesis
=> karyokinesis
=> keratinization, keratinisation
=> Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle
=> lymphopoiesis
=> lysogenization, lysogenisation
=> maturation, ripening, maturement
=> metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis
=> metamorphosis, metabolism
=> nitrogen cycle
=> nitrogen fixation
=> nondevelopment
=> nutrition
=> organification
=> ossification
=> ovulation
=> oxidative phosphorylation
=> parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
=> pathologic process, pathological process
=> perennation
=> preservation
=> quellung, quellung reaction
=> quickening
=> regeneration
=> regulation
=> replication
=> reproduction
=> resorption, reabsorption
=> ripening, aging, ageing
=> secretion, secernment
=> segregation
=> shedding, sloughing
=> summation
=> symphysis
=> synapsis
=> synizesis, synezesis
=> transcription
=> transduction
=> translation
=> protein folding, folding
=> translocation
=> translocation
=> transpiration
=> tumefaction
=> ulceration
=> vascularization, vascularisation
=> vesiculation, vesication, blistering
Sense 5
concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
> attention
=> concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
=> mental note
=> watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance, alertness
Sense 6
preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment
> cognitive state, state of mind
=> interestedness
=> amnesia, memory loss, blackout
=> paramnesia
=> set, readiness
=> ivory tower
=> consciousness
=> unconsciousness
=> subconsciousness
=> curiosity, wonder
=> confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray
=> certainty
=> doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
=> morbidity, morbidness
=> preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment
=> inwardness
=> outwardness
Meronyms of noun absorption
6 senses of absorption
Holonyms of noun absorption
1 of 6 senses of absorption
Sense 2
absorption
PART OF: extinction
Grep of noun absorption
absorption
absorption band
absorption coefficient
absorption factor
absorption indicator
absorption spectrum
absorption unit
coefficient of absorption
malabsorption
reabsorption
self-absorption
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