Results for "absorption
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absorption
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "absorption", "results": [{"typeOf": ["sorption"], "hasTypes": ["imbibition"], "synonyms": ["soaking up"], "definition": "(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid", "derivation": ["absorb"], "inCategory": ["chemical science", "chemistry"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["social process"], "hasTypes": ["westernization", "americanisation", "americanization", "anglicisation", "anglicization", "europeanisation", "europeanization", "westernisation"], "synonyms": ["assimilation"], "definition": "the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another", "derivation": ["absorb"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["organic process", "biological process"], "hasTypes": ["malabsorption", "anabolism", "constructive metabolism"], "synonyms": ["assimilation"], "definition": "the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["cognitive state", "state of mind"], "hasTypes": ["abstractedness", "absentmindedness", "abstraction"], "synonyms": ["engrossment", "preoccupancy", "preoccupation"], "definition": "the mental state of being preoccupied by something", "derivation": ["absorb"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["attention"], "hasTypes": ["focus", "focal point", "specialism", "study", "centering", "focussing", "direction", "focusing"], "synonyms": ["concentration", "engrossment", "immersion"], "definition": "complete attention; intense mental effort", "derivation": ["absorb"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"partOf": ["extinction"], "typeOf": ["action", "natural action", "activity", "natural process"], "examples": ["the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules"], "definition": "(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium", "derivation": ["absorb"], "inCategory": ["physics", "natural philosophy"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 2.6, "syllables": {"list": ["ab", "sorp", "tion"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "æb'sɔrpʃən"}}