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nounthe process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption)type of:
Definition that contains sorption
- black being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- study a state of deep mental absorption
- gray the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
- microwave kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food
- extinction the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
- resonance an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- autism (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people
- reverie an abstracted state of absorption
- hyperparathyroidism excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis)
- gy the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad