Absorptive synonyms

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absorbent
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
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assimilative
Marked by or causing assimilation.
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bibulous
Very absorbent, as paper or soil.
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dry (related)
No longer wet:
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nonabsorbent (antonym)
Not absorbent; unable to absorb.
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water-holding (related)
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adsorptive (related)
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  • The part in contact with the endosperm is plate-like, and is known as the scutellum; the surface in contact with the endosperm forms an absorptive epithelium.

  • When none of the radiations which fall on a body penetrates through its substance, then the ratio of the amount of radiation of a given wave-length which is absorbed to the total amount received is called the "absorptive power" of the body for that wave-length.

  • Thus if the body absorbed half the incident radiation its absorptive power would be 2, and if it absorbed all the incident radiation its absorptive power would be r.

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