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Absorptance
- noun - a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber; "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance"
Absorptions
- noun - (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (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"
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Abstentions
- noun - refusal to vote
- the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
Abstentious
- adjective - self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
Abstinences
- noun - act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
- restraint, forebearance
- the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
Abstracters
- noun - one who makes abstracts or summarizes information
Abstracting
- verb - consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
Abstraction
- noun - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
- a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
- an abstract painting
- preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
- the act of withdrawing or removing something
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
Abstractive
- adjective - of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting; "abstractive analysis"