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Etymologies
- Middle English, to swallow up, from Old French absorber, from Latin absorbēre : ab-, away; see ab-1 + sorbēre, to suck.
Examples
“I'll punt and just say that it's because stercobillin absorbs all light, except those photons that contribute to the color we see as brown.”
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“The beam vaporises everyone around her, but her skin absorbs the energy.”
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“Haemoglobin absorbs quite severely below 600 nanometres, so you want to be above 600 nanometres to avoid the blood absorbance as much as possible.”
“Seeing the general†™ s confused look, the scientist tried again. “Every song has waves, and the brain absorbs the waves to interpret the song.”
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“Nautilus changes the material it absorbs from the water and makes it a part of itself, so the bits of knowledge one gathers undergo”
“The skin absorbs the water and becomes softer and more perspirable.”
“David also explains that her skin absorbs carbon dioxide as a leaf would; he doesn’t believe that she needs to breath in oxygen as a human would.”
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“I said that CO2 emits at a different frequency than that at which it absorbs, which is the same as saying different energy.”
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