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absorpsjon
Pronunciation: /absɔrpˈʃuːn/
“absorpsjon” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 4 meanings in English:
noun
- an absorption (the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action)
- an absorption (the act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as)
- an absorption (mental assimilation or occupation of the mind)
- the uptake of a compound (usually a drug) into an organism
Etymology
From Latin absorptiō (“drink, beverage”), from absorbeō (“absorb”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), + and from sorbeō (“to suck in, drink up”), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (“to suck in”), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (“to be sipping, sucking”), from *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck…
More Norwegian Bokmål words
- absorbere
- absorbering
- absorberingsevne
- absorberingskoeffisient
- absorpsjonsevne
- absorpsjonskjøleskap
- absorpsjonskoeffisient
- absorptiv
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