absorbering
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
absorbere + -ing, first part from Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō (“absorb”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), + and from sorbeō (“I suck in, drink up”), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (“to suck in”), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (“to be sipping, sucking”), from *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”) and *-éyeti, from *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs). Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absɔrˈbeːrɪŋ/, /apsɔrˈbeːrɪŋ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋ
- Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧ber‧ing
Noun
absorbering f or m (definite singular absorberinga or absorberingen, indefinite plural absorberinger, definite plural absorberingene)
- the act of absorbing, an absorption
- absorbering av stråling
- radiation absorption
Synonyms
- absorpsjon (“absorption”)
Derived terms
- absorberingsevne (“absorbency”)
- absorberingskoeffisient (“absorbency coefficient”)
References
- “absorbering” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “absorbere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
absorbering f (definite singular absorberinga, indefinite plural absorberingar, definite plural absorberingane)
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- “absorbering” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.