Associations to the word «Absorbency»

Wiktionary

ABSORBENCY, noun. (obsolete) The action of absorbing.
ABSORBENCY, noun. The quality of being absorbent. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
ABSORBENCY, noun. (physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.

Dictionary definition

ABSORBENCY, noun. The property of being absorbent.

Wise words

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