absorptive

English

Etymology

absorption + -ive

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/, /æbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/
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Adjective

absorptive (comparative more absorptive, superlative most absorptive)

  1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
    • 1939, British White Paper of Palestine of 1939:
      In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor []

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Translations

Noun

absorptive (plural absorptives)

  1. Any substance that absorbs.

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References

  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorptive”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /absɔrpˈtiːʋə/, /apsɔrpˈtiːʋə/
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  • Rhymes: -iːʋə
  • Hyphenation: ab‧sorp‧ti‧ve

Adjective

absorptive

  1. definite singular of absorptiv
  2. plural of absorptiv
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