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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats