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Absolvitory
- adjective - providing absolution
Absorbances
- noun - (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
Absorptance
- noun - a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber; "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance"
Absorptions
- noun - (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules"
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Abstentions
- noun - refusal to vote
- the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
Abstentious
- adjective - self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
Abstinences
- noun - act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
- restraint, forebearance
- the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
Abstracters
- noun - one who makes abstracts or summarizes information