Definitions for absorber
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ab•sorbæbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrb(v.t.)
to suck up (a liquid); soak up:
A sponge absorbs water.
to take in and assimilate; incorporate:
The empire absorbed many nations.
to involve the full attention of; engross:
This book will absorb the serious reader.
to occupy or fill (time, attention, etc.).
to assimilate by chemical or molecular action.
Category: Chemistry
to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection:
to absorb shock; to absorb sound.
to take in and utilize:
to absorb information.
to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.).
Archaic. to swallow up.
Origin of absorb:
1480–90; < L absorbēre=ab-ab - +sorbēre to suck in, swallow
ab•sorb′er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
absorber(noun)
(physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
Wiktionary
absorber(Noun)
Agent noun of absorb; one who, or that which, absorbs.
Webster Dictionary
Absorber(noun)
one who, or that which, absorbs
Translations for absorber
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- absorbeerAfrikaans
- يَمْتَصْ، يَتَشَربArabic
- поглъщамBulgarian
- absorverPortuguese (BR)
- vsátCzech
- aufsaugenGerman
- opsuge; absorbere; optageDanish
- απορροφώGreek
- absorberSpanish
- imamaEstonian
- جذب کردنFarsi
- imeäFinnish
- absorberFrench
- לִסְפּוֹגHebrew
- सोखनाHindi
- upitiCroatian
- felszívHungarian
- menyerapIndonesian
- drekkaí sigIcelandic
- assorbireItalian
- 吸収するJapanese
- 흡수하다Korean
- sugertiLithuanian
- absorbēt; uzsūktLatvian
- menyerapMalay
- absorberenDutch
- suge opp, absorbereNorwegian
- wchłaniaćPolish
- جذب کردنPersian
- جذب كولPashto
- absorverPortuguese
- a absorbiRomanian
- впитыватьRussian
- vsať, vpiťSlovak
- vpitiSlovenian
- upijatiSerbian
- absorbera, suga uppSwedish
- ดูดซึมThai
- emmekTurkish
- 吸收Chinese (Trad.)
- вбирати; абсорбуватиUkrainian
- جذب کرناUrdu
- thấmVietnamese
- 吸收Chinese (Simp.)
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