Associations to the word «Absorber»

Wiktionary

ABSORBER, noun. A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
ABSORBER, noun. A person that absorbs. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
ABSORBER, noun. (nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor.

Dictionary definition

ABSORBER, noun. (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin