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Absorptive

adjective
1.
Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.).  Synonym: absorbent.





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"Absorptive" Quotes from Famous Books



... his mode of application to the Bethell process of injecting solutions under pressure in closed cylinders, and probably the paving blocks for experiment No. 3 were prepared in that way. The chemical examination of them by Mr. Tilden, however, showed the "saturation very uneven; absorptive power, high; block contains soluble salts of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 • Various
... the right-hand column being compound sensations. The sensation of green is not due to a mixture of yellow and blue, as the absorptive action of pigments might lead one to think: GREEN IS FUNDAMENTAL, and not made by mixing any hues of the spectrum, while YELLOW IS NOT FUNDAMENTAL, but caused by the mingled sensations of red and green. This is easily proved by a controlled spectrum, for all yellow-reds, yellows, and green-yellows ...
— A Color Notation - A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, - Value and Chroma • Albert H. Munsell


Words linked to "Absorptive" :   assimilative, assimilating, spongelike, thirsty, spongy, absorbefacient, absorb, absorptivity, hygroscopic, nonabsorbent, shock-absorbent, sorbefacient, absorbency, assimilatory, receptive


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