ABSORPTION - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

Categories: Sorption

Part of speech: Noun

(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

Example: the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules

Categories: Natural process, Natural action, Action, Activity

The word "absorption" comes from Latin absorptiō.

Church Latin preserved classical vocabulary and spread it through religious texts worldwide.